Description: Beautiful and practical - this could be displayed or used ... a large sewing basket with thick loops of braided sweetgrass used for the 2 handles. A rectangular open basket is sewn onto inner top side to be used to store sewing "notions"-- buttons, spools of thread, scissors, thimbles, ribbon etc. While sewing baskets with this added extra baskets were fairly common in the pre-1900 baskets, the use of them is rare after 1900. This basket is not that early so the added "notions" basket is unusual (and practical) It is 11.5" diameter at the top rim and tapers to 8.75" diameter on the bottom, 4" high. The notions basket is 6" long, 3" deep and 2.25" high. Made primarily of brown ash splints, traditional material of Maine and Eastern Canadian Indian basketmakers, with plain tidal sweetgrass binding the top rim of the basket. While the foundation splints are all of ash, it has tightly braided sweetgrass used for some of the weavers - and it is woven alternating ash and braided sweetgrass weavers to attain a lovely checkered effect. .. The small inner notions basket is woven in the same decorative manner. The very large lovely handles are thick braids of tidal sweetgrass - the handles are 3" in diameter and the braid is about 3/4" wide. The Passamaquoddy's baskets tend to have the most tidal sweetgrass as their homeland lies on the most north eastern part of the USA - where marshes filled with tidal sweetgrass separate the land from the Atlantic ocean. Since the grass is readily available to them they use more of it than basketmakers in the other 4 tribes of the Wabanaki Confederacy -
Price: 68.75 USD
Location: Sedgwick, Maine
End Time: 2024-04-25T13:07:45.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.85 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Tribal Affiliation: Passamaquoddy
Culture: Native American: US
Handmade: Yes
