C. Early 20th Century Wabanaki Sweet Grass and Dyed Splint Sewing Basket with Unusually Dominant Braiding welded figure (How does one do this

(How does one do this

And though the gentleman forever enclosed within it certainly looks poised to be the master of his domain

many many dozens of handwritten recipes for remedies (detailed in an index at the beginning) including everything from "Hair Tonic" to "Iodine Gargle" to "Tonsillitis Mixture" to "Horse Salve

which unlike the others is confusing to me

3 1/2" tall x 3 1/2" wide x 3 3/8" deep

C. Early 20th Century Wabanaki Sweet Grass and Dyed Splint Sewing Basket with Unusually Dominant Braiding welded figure (How does one do thisI come across a good number of Wabanaki (NE Woodlands Native American confederacy of tribes comprised of Abenaki, Mi'kmaq, Maliseet Wolastoqey, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot) baskets as I run around New England and especially Maine, so it takes a special one at this point to stop me. As this one did. I do not believe I have EVER seen one with such fat sweetgrass braids, and woven in an almost entirely uninterrupted pattern but for the very small red