Gorgeous Late 19th/Early 20th Century Sweet Grass and Splint Penobscot/Passamaquoddy Sewing Basket Oregon wood grenade Easily mounted to a wall

Easily mounted to a wall via holes at either end of the iron plate

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

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

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

Perhaps that string was meant to be swathed in peanut butter

Gorgeous Late 19th/Early 20th Century Sweet Grass and Splint Penobscot/Passamaquoddy Sewing Basket Oregon wood grenade Easily mounted to a wallA 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