Gorgeous Late 19th/Early 20th Century Sweet Grass and Splint Penobscot/Passamaquoddy Sewing Basket Oregon wood grenade Perhaps that string was meant

Perhaps that string was meant to be swathed in peanut butter

6 1/2" w x 4 1/2" d x 4" t and in very good condition

Coil built earthenware with polychrome

a hand-written list of the 24 states as of 1842 with lovely flourishes

Gorgeous Late 19th/Early 20th Century Sweet Grass and Splint Penobscot/Passamaquoddy Sewing Basket Oregon wood grenade Perhaps that string was meantA total beauty of an antique Wabanaki basket, specifically Penobscot or Passamaquoddy, very finely woven of sweetgrass (a sacred material) and splint (poplar I believe), with braided and twisted sweet grass handle across the lid. I come across a good number of Wabanaki baskets, and have bought and sold a fair number, but this to my eye is as beautiful as they come, and an early one, late 19th very early 20th century I believe. These were made for the