Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding blue and black The piece measures 15x19” including

The piece measures 15x19” including wood frame (no glass)

I'd guess the foot itself  is Southeast-Asian in origin and dates to the 1950s or 60s

Images were published from original drawings using a zincography

I think its just terrific

The seasonal materials with which this basket was made are indigenous to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington

Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding blue and black The piece measures 15x19” includingI am completely enchanted by this basket! Woven of sweetgrass and dyed ash splint, I am pretty certain it is Penobscot (Maine Native), likely c. 1920's 40's, and is definitely one of the finest I have seen. The lid features a striking interplay of thin splint strips and braided sweetgrass woven over thicker orange splints, but it is the sides that really make this basket, with these fantastic thick curling grass braids secured with splint loops