A shallow, circular basket woven in cross-hatched pattern (lower part) and openwork diamonds (upper part). It has a double woven bottom.
baskets (containers)
staining
willow (wood)
weaving
willow (wood)
Willow
Woven
Stained
BASKET
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
4.5 (H), 11 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.898
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