Gorgeous Late 19th/Early 20th Century Sweet Grass and Splint Penobscot/Passamaquoddy Sewing Basket cutout rabbit Presumed mid-century and signed on

Presumed mid-century and signed on the bottom

such that the ceremony in process seems as if happened upon by the taker of the photo--a voyeur on a very private moment

a reversal of fortune

with an Irregular top edge and a little tearing/folding along the right edge

with this pretty

Gorgeous Late 19th/Early 20th Century Sweet Grass and Splint Penobscot/Passamaquoddy Sewing Basket cutout rabbit Presumed mid-century and signed onA total beauty of an antique Wabanaki basket, specifically Penobscot or Passamaquoddy, very finely woven of sweetgrass (a sacred material) and splint (poplar I believe), with braided and twisted sweet grass handle across the lid. I come across a good number of Wabanaki baskets, and have bought and sold a fair number, but this to my eye is as beautiful as they come, and an early one, late 19th very early 20th century I believe. These were made for the