Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding blue and black thin leather case

thin leather case

I think they are such fine and beautiful objects

I think its just terrific

With a great patina of wear from use

Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding blue and black thin leather caseI 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