Large Antique Painted Ash Splint Work Basket with Notched Bentwood Handles glass slides I believe it is actually

I believe it is actually a portrait of the late artist and longtime art professor Leon Hovsepian of Worchester

which has been hand-painted and lacquered

I find this bird

and this may be my favorite ever

leather tongue and ears

Large Antique Painted Ash Splint Work Basket with Notched Bentwood Handles glass slides I believe it is actuallyThis is a beautiful large painted swabbed antique ash splint rectangular work basket, 19th century New England Maine Native American I believe, with wonderfully irregular notched bentwood handles. While the naturally dyed color has certainly faded over time, it still shows quite nicely on the horizontal splints; with two thin bands of yellow, then two red, then two brown, then one wide yellow, and two thin red at the very bottom. The basket is sturdy