Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding tree design With a smartly organized composition

With a smartly organized composition

These sorts of nut carvings

and this piece announces exactly that

The piece is hand-signed (incised) on the bottom West Germany '70

In good vintage condition

Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding tree design With a smartly organized compositionI am completely enchanted by this basket! Woven of sweetgrass and dyed ash splint, I am pretty certain it is Penobscot (Maine Native), likely c. 1920's 40's, and is definitely one of the finest I have seen. The lid features a striking interplay of thin splint strips and braided sweetgrass woven over thicker orange splints, but it is the sides that really make this basket, with these fantastic thick curling grass braids secured with splint loops