Unusual and Wonderful Hybrid: 1922 Maine Native Fancy Curl Basket Over Carved Barrel with Drawer 1950s popper words Ink and watercolor on wove

Ink and watercolor on wove paper mounted to a heavier weight brown backing paper

) against that perfect green

I thought this lovely old darning ball needed a spot to sit

Sight” 3 5/8” x 4 1/2”

Based on one similar that I have found

Unusual and Wonderful Hybrid: 1922 Maine Native Fancy Curl Basket Over Carved Barrel with Drawer 1950s popper words Ink and watercolor on woveMy most special find of the week, I think a singular thing I've never quite seen the likes of, which I love for the fineness of the basketry, and for the folkiness of the the carving, and very much for the combination of the two in one object: a sort of Native American basket tramp art box hybrid. I am confident it is either Mi'kmaq (I think most likely) or Passamaquoddy, both indigenous to Maine, with very fine "porcupine curl" pattern executed in