Sweet Little Antique Penobscot Splint Ash and Sweetgrass Basket, Low and Round shell casing ) Soft stuffing

) Soft stuffing

The green is just radiant

and wire egg baskets filled with freshly gathered eggs--altogether channeling the spirit of my great grandmother

I can't look at a chess board without thinking of Duchamp

Sweet Little Antique Penobscot Splint Ash and Sweetgrass Basket, Low and Round shell casing ) Soft stuffingLiving in New England and spending a lot of time up in Maine, I come across a lot of Wabanaki baskets (Wabanaki emcompassing the Abenaki, Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqiyik, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot.) I always admire them, but most of the time feel okay to leave them for someone else. I especially like the small, old ones though, and this one, displayed amid maybe 10 other larger and fancier ones, just struck me as if carrying an especially deep energy, which