Sweet Little Antique Penobscot Splint Ash and Sweetgrass Basket, Low and Round fortune teller cards 19th c if not earlier

19th c if not earlier

I think they're all gorgeous

so of course I had to bring these home

or just hang via pinning by the top corners

a "light o'er Ocean widely sent

Sweet Little Antique Penobscot Splint Ash and Sweetgrass Basket, Low and Round fortune teller cards 19th c if not earlierLiving in New England and spending a lot of time up in Maine, I come across a lot of Wabanaki baskets (Wabanaki emcompassing the Abenaki, Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqiyik, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot.) I always admire them, but most of the time feel okay to leave them for someone else. I especially like the small, old ones though, and this one, displayed amid maybe 10 other larger and fancier ones, just struck me as if carrying an especially deep energy, which