Gorgeous Late 19th/Early 20th Century Sweet Grass and Splint Penobscot/Passamaquoddy Sewing Basket Oregon wood grenade Then fraternal compass and square

Then fraternal compass and square inscribed in a shield on the left side

there is no sign there was ever a top over the shallowly carved out recess

Grain painting developed from the desire to use paint to mimic more expensive woods

10 1/2" t x 4 1/2" widest and in good condition

and I guess it a product of the thickness of the glass that it is more the surface than the form that was transfigured--though the form was too

Gorgeous Late 19th/Early 20th Century Sweet Grass and Splint Penobscot/Passamaquoddy Sewing Basket Oregon wood grenade Then fraternal compass and squareA 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