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The painted face
ledger as a few other pages I listed a few weeks ago--which had come loose from the bulk of it (which I also have
there is more warmth and golden-ness to the finish than is coming across in the photos
such an intricate and also three-dimensional one as this--a very Froebel-esque combination of paper weaving and paper folding
always winking
Lovely Old Abenaki "Porcupine Quill" Splint Basket with Flat Lid turned wooden apple The painted faceI 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
