Antique Penobscot Splint Ash and Sweetgrass Handled Basket Vase wooden box The tacks themselves are long

The tacks themselves are long gone

I've seen a few of this sort of tree trunk or limb boxes around

I find this bowl about as beautiful as it gets

Titled “A Pregnant Woman

2 1/2" in diameter and 2 1/8" tall

Antique Penobscot Splint Ash and Sweetgrass Handled Basket Vase wooden box The tacks themselves are longThis 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