Large Antique Painted Ash Splint Work Basket with Notched Bentwood Handles glass slides leather tongue and ears

leather tongue and ears

which has been hand-painted and lacquered

which I think only makes her better

His gesture seems effortless and the effect is one of a quiet

and one more equidistant up from the bottom

Large Antique Painted Ash Splint Work Basket with Notched Bentwood Handles glass slides leather tongue and earsThis is a beautiful large painted swabbed antique ash splint rectangular work basket, 19th century New England Maine Native American I believe, with wonderfully irregular notched bentwood handles. While the naturally dyed color has certainly faded over time, it still shows quite nicely on the horizontal splints; with two thin bands of yellow, then two red, then two brown, then one wide yellow, and two thin red at the very bottom. The basket is sturdy