Small Wabanaki Sweetgrass and Dyed Ash Splint Lidded Basket with Cup native american The wood shows some wear

The wood shows some wear and light cracking

measures 1 7/8" in diameter and 1" tall

And then there is the red hand-stitched string holding it together

the box is in great structural condition

base and tail feathers

Small Wabanaki Sweetgrass and Dyed Ash Splint Lidded Basket with Cup native american The wood shows some wearThis 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