Native American egg basket?

Hi everyone, I’m just wondering if you guys think this egg basket has NA roots or not. It’s definitely an antique but I’m not sure where exactly it comes from. Thank you!

 

This is called (and I'm completely serious)-a Buttocks Basket.The older ones I've normally seen are from the Mid-Atlantic States up to New England (for example Lancaster Co & Nantucket). I'm not aware of many NA versions of it,but my knowledge compared to Komokwas is tiny.

 

Do you have provenance for it? It looks in very good condition for 100+ years old.
@komokwa

 

split white oak Appalachian basket......likely made in the North Carolina area.



I've actually owned one like it with the wood slats on the base....which kinda threw me at first, until it realized it's a more modern version of a classic older design.

I'd peg the date of the OP's at circa 1960...to 1970's

to be blatantly honest....this is a hard one for me to date accurately , as I've yet to encounter an expert opinion as to when these wood slat feet started showing up....but I'm sure these were not made for actual use, nor do they hale from the early 1900's .....as this Ebay seller below would have you believe.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/154265650936?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAAkAPHQ1QyfD/hNw7iIzbgy4sJLatZXFoTH1DYkGc6KGZcbROgjlCbpfR6bQBLYRgkDRddSp1nEx5RoKtJ0f4yHBqv4/sP8+Dcq1J4tXZD9VIvBDwUr0cRrZC1y1SWt9OH9nP/Yz88j+NcnQq8HCSnuc95VeuEY7rKQxKHRF5EPnzeeHen0PZeZgli7fCBw/knAg==



& to be clear...these are non native....

 

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.....just for some context....this Appalachian styled one is 11 x 11 inches, made in 1984 by Tony Stubblefield...

showing that dating these can be fraught with confusion.....and that the eBay one above....called large...at 8.5 inches...is not !!, not even close to large....

 

They're very attractive and some are reasonably priced. If I owned a Martha's Vineyard lighthouse,I'd have to have one in my Shaker library next to my Whaling and Wampanoag artifacts.

 

What ?
No Nantucket lightship nesting baskets ??
ya gotta have these .......................................

 

I have purchased and sold dozens of buttock baskets and I have never seen the feet on any of them. I think it was a later addition since people wanted them to sit upright on the table or counter. Buttocks baskets I think originated in Europe.

 

Wondering how you "definitely" know this? Do you have further info that you haven't mentioned?
Just trying to educate myself...

 

This is the one I had.....

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that nesting basket's stunning-do you know who made it ?

 

Michael kane

 

Nice work

 

Thank you so so much for the clear and detailed response!