C. 1920s Mi'kmaq Sweet Grass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicues and Three Feet! purse I just can't resist these

I just can't resist these early theorem watercolors

but now making him feel all the more like Corduroy from this children's book

from the block letters on the box to the silhouettes of kids with balloons on the back of each card

4 1/4" x 4" and in very good condition

" And while this one doesn't compete with some of the much more elaborate early examples (including one held in the collection of the V&A) I think it is pretty fabulous--and the slabs of meat

C. 1920s Mi'kmaq Sweet Grass and Ash Splint Basket with Curlicues and Three Feet! purse I just can't resist theseI come across a good number of Wabanaki (a confederacy of Eastern Algonquian nations encompassing the Abenaki, Mi'kmaq, Wolastoqiyik, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot) baskets especially up in Maine and pass by most of them. This, though, is an especially charming old Mi'kmaq basket, and pretty unusual for sitting on three little woven feet. It is constructed of various sizes of both dyed and natural ash splint and sweet grass, twisted to resemble rope