Antique Penobscot Splint Ash and Sweetgrass Handled Basket Vase historic but I rather like how

but I rather like how its simple whiteness now makes him look rather like a butcher

Dating from the 1920s-30s

and indeed

The lid fits snugly and there are no major dents at all

Antique Penobscot Splint Ash and Sweetgrass Handled Basket Vase historic but I rather like howThis is a lovely Penobscot (Native New England) splint ash and sweetgrass basket woven around a glass jar to serve as a vase. The splint ash visible on the bottom of the basket has been dyed a blue green, and the the sweetgrass on the sides and lip has been braided and woven in both single and double strands. The sides of the vase are finished with two large circular ash ring handles which are bound with ash splints in the "Penobscot star" pattern. I