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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 4557448, member: 301&quot;]<img src="https://www.aaawt.com/images_default/1210-35_5_Pie-Basket,-Taconic_view-5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/image_6483441-jpg.403740/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>yes indeed that double rim, with the cross twist lashing on the rim..</p><p><br /></p><p>but...</p><p>the distinctive base weave with it&#039;s centre round hold together weave where the basket starts must also be taken into account.</p><p><br /></p><p>American Baskets by Shaw, states that Taconic weavers always used the double twist lashing on the basket rim...</p><p><br /></p><p>but on page 138 they show a family of graduated baskets....where one has only a single wrap on the rim...???</p><p><br /></p><p>They also show Shaker baskets , that use the open weave , present on the extra side baskets that we&#039;re seeing on the OP&#039;s basket.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m just not seeing any native connection..........but will concede that the small extra&nbsp;&nbsp; woven pocket may have been influenced by noticing native baskets from the same area.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, without definitive attribution....I&#039;m willing to go with a marriage of styles !<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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