Antique Penobscot Splint Ash and Sweetgrass Handled Basket Vase antique wooden cherub more than a little goofy

more than a little goofy

The box is stamped "Handmade in Portugal as well as with a bow and arrow mark and the word "Medieval

and 5 3/4" inches from spot to handle

but would be really lovely hung most anywhere

Antique Penobscot Splint Ash and Sweetgrass Handled Basket Vase antique wooden cherub more than a little goofyThis is a lovely Penobscot (Native New England) splint ash and sweetgrass basket woven around a glass jar to serve as a vase. The splint ash visible on the bottom of the basket has been dyed a blue green, and the the sweetgrass on the sides and lip has been braided and woven in both single and double strands. The sides of the vase are finished with two large circular ash ring handles which are bound with ash splints in the "Penobscot star" pattern. I