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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 1081584, member: 301&quot;]I&#039;m biding my time ........ just to swoop in with personal comments,&nbsp; and / or additions...</p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>once you guys tear the meat off the bone....there&#039;s usually not a lot for me to add....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>buuuuuutt......since you&#039;ve asked....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>#3.......burn the sucker !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... NOW !!</p><p>All_fakes is bang on....I&#039;ll only add....just saw one on eBay asking over $200 US.</p><p>Folks mistake them for Makah / Nootka baskets....&amp; then others post theirs thinking they have a hit !!&nbsp; Which they do not !!!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>#4.... you&#039;re right...with slight modifications....</p><p>It&#039;s most likely a Wabanaki&nbsp; fancy purse, which someone transitioned into a sewing basket by adding thimble , scissor, thread &amp; needle secondary basket work.</p><p>Made of ash...with some minor sweet grass decoration....the main body is covered by what&#039;s become known as Hong Kong Cord ( foot note #1 ) .</p><p>It&#039;s one of the few almost foolproof ways of dating this style of material usage to a least a 15 year window on these baskets...</p><p>Circa 1924 to 1939..... with to the best of my knowledge....the cord being used more heavily as the years went on.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This Maine basket shows a similar weaving structure and vibrant coloring...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]210247[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is an earlier Penobscot sewing basket...which clearly uses woven &amp; braided sweetgrass alone....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]210253[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Jeff....put this one aside....it won&#039;t make you rich....but it should make you a profit !</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>#6........ grrrr.....yes it looks like it&#039;s made from some type of reed....but the design closely resembles a classic Taconic gathering basket....and will fool the average collector.....just from the handles alone....</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]210251[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s all I can add that&#039;s worth saying.......<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Footnote ( 1 ).....</p><p><br /></p><p>From the Hudson Museum.....</p><p>Extensive quantities of sweetgrass were used in Maine Indian fancy baskets from the late 19th century to the 1930s. In the 1920s, braided sweetgrass infilling gave way to the use of a new, weaving material–Hong Kong cord. As its name implies, this fibrous material came from Hong Kong and could be purchased by the skein from local stores. The use of purchased cord increased basket production by saving enormous amounts of labor that had been devoted to braiding sweetgrass.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the Maine Historical Society ...</p><p>This sewing basket is decorated with braided sweetgrass and a paper twine known as &quot;Hong Kong.&quot; In the 1930s, “Hong Kong,” a manufactured paper twine, became a popular replacement for sweetgrass, which required long hours to collect and braid.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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