Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding Theli tote bag With its handy loop handle

With its handy loop handle on the lid

I think the graphics are just terrific

integrated into the weave

The walls of this bowl are thick

Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding Theli tote bag With its handy loop handleI 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