Large Antique Painted Ash Splint Work Basket with Notched Bentwood Handles 1930s wood block walnut I'd guess

walnut I'd guess

(Plus those little black curls at the top of his egg head

to buy their cigarettes

The base measures 5 3/4" across

with a wonderfully expressive face

Large Antique Painted Ash Splint Work Basket with Notched Bentwood Handles 1930s wood block walnut I'd guessThis is a beautiful large painted swabbed antique ash splint rectangular work basket, 19th century New England Maine Native American I believe, with wonderfully irregular notched bentwood handles. While the naturally dyed color has certainly faded over time, it still shows quite nicely on the horizontal splints; with two thin bands of yellow, then two red, then two brown, then one wide yellow, and two thin red at the very bottom. The basket is sturdy