Large Antique Painted Ash Splint Work Basket with Notched Bentwood Handles hand-woven textile handle is 1 1/8" across

handle is 1 1/8" across at widest

(The cardboard is also very heavyweight and the cuts clean

)  The painting measures 15" tall x 11 1/4" wide

Closes tightly

) against that perfect green

Large Antique Painted Ash Splint Work Basket with Notched Bentwood Handles hand-woven textile handle is 1 1/8" acrossThis 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