C. 1920s Mi'kmaq Sweet Grass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicues and Three Feet! carved scene so I'm glad it's more

so I'm glad it's more broadly archetypal here

with snail on its head

as I do like to document things thoroughly

in a period frame that suits it perfectly

C. 1920s Mi'kmaq Sweet Grass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicues and Three Feet! carved scene so I'm glad it's moreI come across a good number of Wabanaki (a confederacy of Eastern Algonquian nations encompassing the Abenaki, Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqiyik, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot) baskets especially up in Maine and pass by most of them. This, though, is an especially charming old Mi'kmaq basket, and pretty unusual for sitting on three little woven feet. It is constructed of various sizes of both dyed and natural ash splint and sweet grass, twisted to resemble rope