Lovely Old Abenaki "Porcupine Quill" Splint Basket with Flat Lid tin count bank punctuated with one long side

punctuated with one long side of green and cream plaid

I come across root head decoys now and then (usually priced out of my range

and there's even some darkening to the bottom as if heated over a stove

11 1/4" l x 7 5/8" t x 3/16" d

Lovely Old Abenaki "Porcupine Quill" Splint Basket with Flat Lid tin count bank punctuated with one long sideI 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