Colorful Vintage Handwoven Lidded Basket Presumed African purple weed vase MA—it was folded up at

MA—it was folded up at the bottom of a large cardboard box

on a mantle

A contemporary of Hagenauer

The sweetgrass has broken in one spot on the body of the basket and in one area along the edge of the lid

This is a gorgeous vintage handmade pine wood box—I believe technically a knife or utensil box

Colorful Vintage Handwoven Lidded Basket Presumed African purple weed vase MA—it was folded up atI just love the silhouette of this mid sized vintage coiled basket, with that round and deep lower half offset by its dramatically sloping lid which doubles as a handle. Those striped and checkerboard patterns created by way of the natural dyes are pretty great too, especially pronounced on the interior of the basket where their original saturation is preserved. I am not certain the origins of this piece, but based on color, shape, and the structure