Lovely Vintage Wabanaki Footed Sewing Basket with Curlicues hand-decorated and textures on this make

and textures on this make it feel as much like sculpture as a functional object

a Deerflied

stamped on the back of this plaque

though I might just hang it on the wall

Lovely Vintage Wabanaki Footed Sewing Basket with Curlicues hand-decorated and textures on this makeEither Penobscot or Micmac (Northeastern Native American, Wabanaki encompasses both), this beautifully executed, excellent condition braided sweetgrass and dyed ash splint sewing basket I believe likely dates to the mid 20th century or just a bit earlier. This is the first I've found with three charming little braided feet, and then a lovely, wave like curlicue design on top. The interior shows the original intense color, now mellowed to a softer red