Lovely Old Abenaki "Porcupine Quill" Splint Basket with Flat Lid tin count bank but first the box

but first the box

with two hens to keep him company

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

another I like more than this one

and this pear is a excellent example

Lovely Old Abenaki "Porcupine Quill" Splint Basket with Flat Lid tin count bank but first the boxI 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