Extremely Fine Pine Needle Flat Lidded Basket, Presumed Antique Native American Louisiana native basket lovely pale purple glaze

lovely pale purple glaze

layer by layer

“Tommy Ruthven

with no cracks or splits

Extremely Fine Pine Needle Flat Lidded Basket, Presumed Antique Native American Louisiana native basket lovely pale purple glazeThis is the finest pine needle basket I've ever seen, and I've looked at a fair number and sold a number of them. It's like an incredibly intricate little nest, light as a feather, just exquisite like the hushed floor of the forest distilled into the perfect object. The needles are a gorgeous shade of deep brown, and the stitching holding them together just beautiful. The lid sits flat across the top of the basket, resting. It bears the remnant of an