Lovely Old Abenaki "Porcupine Quill" Splint Basket with Flat Lid to hanf one of them on paper

one of them on paper with an embossed mark on the paper from the state of Massachusetts

stable and sturdy and beautiful

Watercolors like this are what live in my dreams

but pretty great still even if you've mastered your multiplication tables

as owls are already rather miraculous and mystical sorts of creatures

Lovely Old Abenaki "Porcupine Quill" Splint Basket with Flat Lid to hanf one of them on paperI believe this is specifically Mi'kmaq, though I have found Passamaquoddy attributed baskets also showing "porcupine quill" curlicue splint weaving like this clearly Abenaki (Northeast Woodlands Native America, a confederacy comprised of five tribes) in any case, and clearly a beautiful example! Late 19th very early 20th century I believe, finely constructed and in near perfect condition, with a very rich warm dry patina to the splint, and sweetgrass