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

leather tongue and ears

12 1/2” long x 5 1/2” tall x 1” thick

which I think only makes her better

Dome lidded box: 4 3/8" tall

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