Unusual and Wonderful Hybrid: 1922 Maine Native Fancy Curl Basket Over Carved Barrel with Drawer tt monogram most visible on the underside

most visible on the underside of the rims

Another beautiful antique British calligraphy practice notebook with hand-marbled cover

A handful of diagrams assist with readings

This for me is one of those

Unusual and Wonderful Hybrid: 1922 Maine Native Fancy Curl Basket Over Carved Barrel with Drawer tt monogram most visible on the undersideMy most special find of the week, I think a singular thing I've never quite seen the likes of, which I love for the fineness of the basketry, and for the folkiness of the the carving, and very much for the combination of the two in one object: a sort of Native American basket tramp art box hybrid. I am confident it is either Mi'kmaq (I think most likely) or Passamaquoddy, both indigenous to Maine, with very fine "porcupine curl" pattern executed in