Small, ash splint gathering basket with carved handle. Square bottom, vertical sides, and round rim. Ash splint wicker weave with a checker weave base. The inner rim is carved wood with an outer, splint rim held in place with a single ash splint lash.
gathering baskets
berry baskets
ash (wood)
weaving
carving (processes)
Container, Crop
Basket, Gathering
Splint
Basket, Gathering
"Sent by Miss E M Stone 1908" (handwritten)
Unknown
New England
8 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 (HxWxD), 5 5/8 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone
1927.2201
New England (United States) [general region]
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