Unusual and Wonderful Hybrid: 1922 Maine Native Fancy Curl Basket Over Carved Barrel with Drawer iron cutout as there is a bit

as there is a bit of white showing though in a couple of spots near the mouth and the weight and feel seems right

Plus this wonderful profusion of greenery and flowers at her feet--really quite a vision

varying a bit the tone produced

and the grain of the wood

There is a carved angel at the center of the top edge too

Unusual and Wonderful Hybrid: 1922 Maine Native Fancy Curl Basket Over Carved Barrel with Drawer iron cutout as there is a bitMy most special find of the week, I think a singular thing I've never quite seen the likes of, which I love for the fineness of the basketry, and for the folkiness of the the carving, and very much for the combination of the two in one object: a sort of Native American basket tramp art box hybrid. I am confident it is either Mi'kmaq (I think most likely) or Passamaquoddy, both indigenous to Maine, with very fine "porcupine curl" pattern executed in