Large Round Flat Wabanaki Northeast Coast Native Sewing Basket shipibo which is wonderfully worn

which is wonderfully worn

I found these fabulous homemade hummingbird lures at an antique shop in Maine

Please see photos for condition details

I am not certain of their age as I can't find another set like them anywhere

25" wide x 2" deep

Large Round Flat Wabanaki Northeast Coast Native Sewing Basket shipibo which is wonderfully wornAs I've noted elsewhere, I've become a huge fan of Northeast Coast Native American baskets, which, made of sweetgrass and ash splint, exemplify a really distinctive, and inventive, material language. Wabanaki refers to the 5 tribes living in Maine, Vermont and Eastern Canada (The Abenaki, Maliseet, MicMac, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot). There are some unique attributes to the baskets of each tribe, but I am not entirely certain from which tribe this