Lovely Old Abenaki "Porcupine Quill" Splint Basket with Flat Lid to hanf and then carved boots and

and then carved boots and what might be taken for hands but he looks very much like a cowboy to me so I think better the pockets of a holster--looking empty

Signed at bottom Abiel A Livermore--who I've found: he was the nephew of Abiel Abbott Livermore (1811-1892)

with next to no paint loss

I shot this in two different types of lighting to give a good idea

but pretty great still even if you've mastered your multiplication tables

Lovely Old Abenaki "Porcupine Quill" Splint Basket with Flat Lid to hanf and then carved boots andI believe this is specifically Mi'kmaq, though I have found Passamaquoddy attributed baskets also showing "porcupine quill" curlicue splint weaving like this clearly Abenaki (Northeast Woodlands Native America, a confederacy comprised of five tribes) in any case, and clearly a beautiful example! Late 19th very early 20th century I believe, finely constructed and in near perfect condition, with a very rich warm dry patina to the splint, and sweetgrass