Small Wabanaki Sweetgrass and Dyed Ash Splint Lidded Basket with Cup leather covered box contained in a cardboard canister

contained in a cardboard canister

mudroom or office sorting incoming and outgoing mail

11 5/8" long x 10 7/8" tall x 3 1/4" at widest

which I imagine was custom made for the purpose

3 1/2" across at handle

Small Wabanaki Sweetgrass and Dyed Ash Splint Lidded Basket with Cup leather covered box contained in a cardboard canisterThis is a very sweet, finely woven little Native American Wabanaki (encompassing the Micmac, Penobscot, and Passamoquoddy Nations, from Maine and Eastern Canada) basket, handwoven from sweetgrass and ash splints. Based on similar examples I have seen, I believe it dates from the 1920s 1930s. The ash splints, visible at the center and edge of the lid, and on and around the bottom of the basket (as well as peeking through in a few spots through the