Small Wabanaki Sweetgrass and Dyed Ash Splint Lidded Basket with Cup wooden barrel shaped box I found this textile at

I found this textile at probably my favorite estate sale ever in Newton

43” wide x 100” long

from Maine and Eastern Canada) basket

particularly on the exterior corners of the box

Small Wabanaki Sweetgrass and Dyed Ash Splint Lidded Basket with Cup wooden barrel shaped box I found this textile atThis is a very sweet, finely woven little Native American Wabanaki (encompassing the Micmac, Penobscot, and Passamoquoddy Nations, from Maine and Eastern Canada) basket, handwoven from sweetgrass and ash splints. Based on similar examples I have seen, I believe it dates from the 1920s 1930s. The ash splints, visible at the center and edge of the lid, and on and around the bottom of the basket (as well as peeking through in a few spots through the