Impossibly Fine, Beautiful Condition Antique Mi'kmaq Curlicue Basketry Pin Cushion schoenhut circus chair This one I found along

This one I found along with the three soldiers in a row I just listed

much of it purchased directly from potters in studios at the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria

where all secrets would be revealed

just before the Great Exhibition

very earnest

Impossibly Fine, Beautiful Condition Antique Mi'kmaq Curlicue Basketry Pin Cushion schoenhut circus chair This one I found alongI have had just a couple of antique Mi'kmaq basketry pieces executed in this manner both of those with the basketry covering wooden barrels, and those, like this, completely amazing me for the fineness of the work. This is just over six inches wide, meaning that those tiny twists of the ash splint sometimes called "porcupine curls" are very very tiny indeed. And here with some of the splints dyed red and green, bringing the patterns of the weaving