Native American Ash Basket With Carved Handle, 1880-1910

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19th century Native American hand woven square based ash basket with a hand carved clothes pin hinged loop handle. The … Read more 19th century Native American hand woven square based ash basket with a hand carved clothes pin hinged loop handle. The upper rim of the basket is captured by a round double ash spline lashed with 1/4" ash splints capturing the vertical ash splines that go from rim to rim, along with the carved clothes pin hinge. The splines are woven with 1/4" ash to the mid point of the basket where a 1" spline defines a halfway point. The 1/4" splines continue to the bottom which is defined by another 1" spline.

Native American, Winnebago / Ho-Chunk, 1880-1910. See less