Unusual and Wonderful Hybrid: 1922 Maine Native Fancy Curl Basket Over Carved Barrel with Drawer iron cutout Plus this wonderful profusion of

Plus this wonderful profusion of greenery and flowers at her feet--really quite a vision

This is not a delicate little wall pocket made of thin cigar box wood

conveying so much with so little and so full of life in the present

and might be inclined to place it in the bathroom holding bandaids

Unusual and Wonderful Hybrid: 1922 Maine Native Fancy Curl Basket Over Carved Barrel with Drawer iron cutout Plus this wonderful profusion ofMy most special find of the week, I think a singular thing I've never quite seen the likes of, which I love for the fineness of the basketry, and for the folkiness of the the carving, and very much for the combination of the two in one object: a sort of Native American basket tramp art box hybrid. I am confident it is either Mi'kmaq (I think most likely) or Passamaquoddy, both indigenous to Maine, with very fine "porcupine curl" pattern executed in