Beautifully Aged Nearly Square Native American Woven Splint Basket antique printing block I feel like this photograph

I feel like this photograph should give rise to a novel

so there were once a whole lot of these)

I think the graphics are just terrific

and beautifully tethered and preserved

Beautifully Aged Nearly Square Native American Woven Splint Basket antique printing block I feel like this photographI walk past a lot of baskets in these parts, but the color on this one, woven of ash splint I believe, struck me as especially beautiful, with the pattern of the way the splint has weathered amplifying the woven construction of the basket in just the right way. It has definitely lived a life there is a bit of loss visible on one side particularly, and it slants a bit when viewed from that direction but it's the age and wear that really makes it.