This item is being sold for the employee holiday fund at the
continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Maine where I live with my
husband. All items are donated by the residents of the community and
the net proceeds of all sales go to the fund that is distributed annually to
the wonderful employees who help the many elderly residents here. I
will give all the information I can about each item, but I am not the original
owner.
I have here a Vintage Handmade Wabanaki STYLE Hand
Woven Handled Brown Basket Early 1900s. We have two sisters who live
here. They grew up in Maine and their
father made baskets in the Wabanaki style (I believe he learned from the
Wabanaki located in Maine). I have two
of these baskets but will be selling each one separately (the colors are
slightly different, one lighter brown, the other darker). Each of the baskets have one of the sister’s
initials on the handle. The sisters were born in 1930 and 1933 and since I
assume he made these for the girls when they were young, I am guessing they
were made c.1940.
This basket itself stands
about 4½” tall, to the top of the handle it’s about 9”. The bottom of the basket is a rough 6¼” - 6½”
square, the top round opening of the basket is about 9” in diameter. This is
the lighter of the two baskets and it has “E.L.M.” initials at the top of the
handle. The basket is very good condition given its age (all weaving is still
intact!). YOU MUST SEE THE PICS TO FULLY
UNDERSTAND WHAT THE BASKET LOOKS LIKE! I
have no idea if anyone will have any interest in these baskets but want to
offer them especially since they are honoring the Wabanaki basket weaving
techniques.
I have many other interesting items up for sale, many
to benefit this wonderful employee fund. I will be happy to combine items if
you buy more than one item. Payment must
be received within 1 day of the sale. I
will ship within 1 business day of notification of confirmed payment. Please feel free to e-mail me with any
questions and let me know if you want to see more detailed pictures. Only
SERIOUS BUYERS please, read my description and ask your questions before you
buy! There will be no refunds or returns
accepted unless there has been a gross misrepresentation in my
description. Thanks for looking!