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!