Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding Theli tote bag maybe 1950s or 60s

maybe 1950s or 60s

and later established his own workshop in Mexico City--La India Bonita

making me want to spend the whole day playing

Just lovely

Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding Theli tote bag maybe 1950s or 60sI am completely enchanted by this basket! Woven of sweetgrass and dyed ash splint, I am pretty certain it is Penobscot (Maine Native), likely c. 1920's 40's, and is definitely one of the finest I have seen. The lid features a striking interplay of thin splint strips and braided sweetgrass woven over thicker orange splints, but it is the sides that really make this basket, with these fantastic thick curling grass braids secured with splint loops