Unusual and Wonderful Hybrid: 1922 Maine Native Fancy Curl Basket Over Carved Barrel with Drawer iron cutout and might be inclined to

and might be inclined to place it in the bathroom holding bandaids

This is not a delicate little wall pocket made of thin cigar box wood

small wood 1 15/16" x 1 3/16" x 1/2"

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

which are largely but not perfectly sorted and am sure there are some I missed

Unusual and Wonderful Hybrid: 1922 Maine Native Fancy Curl Basket Over Carved Barrel with Drawer iron cutout and might be inclined toMy 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