Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding Theli tote bag integrated into the weave

integrated into the weave

With its handy loop handle on the lid

and later established his own workshop in Mexico City--La India Bonita

I think the graphics are just terrific

Fancy Penobscot Sweetgrass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicue Braiding Theli tote bag integrated into the weaveI 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