Small Wabanaki Sweetgrass and Dyed Ash Splint Lidded Basket with Cup leather covered box 3 1/2" across at handle

3 1/2" across at handle

terrific South American textiles

is just stunning

which I imagine was custom made for the purpose

and what a wonderful thing to fill with a good whiskey and slip into your pocket as you head off on an adventure

Small Wabanaki Sweetgrass and Dyed Ash Splint Lidded Basket with Cup leather covered box 3 1/2" across at handleThis is a very sweet, finely woven little Native American Wabanaki (encompassing the Micmac, Penobscot, and Passamoquoddy Nations, from Maine and Eastern Canada) basket, handwoven from sweetgrass and ash splints. Based on similar examples I have seen, I believe it dates from the 1920s 1930s. The ash splints, visible at the center and edge of the lid, and on and around the bottom of the basket (as well as peeking through in a few spots through the