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An ash splint "fancy basket" with plain, checkerweave lid and wrapped, crossed hoop handles attached at the center of the body rather than the ends. The basket body is embellished with a fancy curlicue "wart" weave over most of its surface. The rim has an elaborate lace edge that stands nearly an inch vertically.
baskets (containers)
ash (wood)
Basket, Trinket
Basket, Trinket
"68" (Written in pencil on inside of lid and bottom of basket)
Original To Fowler House Main House,
Attributed to Wabanaki peoples (Maker)
New England
6 3/4 x 5 x 3 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Fowler House Estate
1934.2992AB
1900 (Circa)
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