Miniature Wabanaki Sweetgrass and Splint Ash Thimble Basket antique art scarlet red vase features classic

scarlet red vase features classic patterns of curling vines

and the perfect complement to most anything one might display in it

Or just leave it on the sideboard or the night stand to look pretty all of the time

The piece measures 8 1/2" in diameter

which would have been used by an individual student

Miniature Wabanaki Sweetgrass and Splint Ash Thimble Basket antique art scarlet red vase features classicI recently found this charming tiny Wabanaki basket, Penobscot specifically, I believe, and have since become a bit obsessed with miniature basketry. So sweet! Woven of sweetgrass and ash splint naturally dyed a dark brown, this is a finely crafted little basket that would be perfect for holding a tiny treasure of two. I have seen baskets of this size referred to as thimble baskets, as indeed, it is just about that large! 1 1 4" in diameter and 1 1 4"