 | Covered Splint Basket
Covered ash splint basket, rectangular in shape. Red and remnant blue stamped decoration. Diamond shapes, paired diagonally on weavers. Bands of narrow weavers at lid edge and basket base edges. Lined with pages from the Worcester Republican newspaper. |
 | Small, Open Splint Basket
Small, rectangular ash splint basket. Stockade and dot decoration hand painted on four sides. Originally had side handles. Stockade design indicates that this may be Nipmuc in origin. |
 | Covered Splint Basket
Rectangular ash splint basket with both Nipmuck and Mohegan characteristics. Free-hand painted decoration in red, dark brown and olive. Vase and flower and four-lobed medallion painted designs. |
 | Small, Open Splint Basket
Brown/black ash, open, square, splint basket. Four wefts on each side (each about 5/8" wide.) Single lashing on split splint rim. Block stamp decoration over the entire surface - including bottom and outside rim. Pink and blue stamped floral design with hand-painted center dot. |
 | Covered Splint Basket
Rectangular, ash splint, covered basket. Splints approx. 7/8" wide. Hand painted designs in pink, white, and green. Green appears to be verdigris in a varnish medium. Three sides of basket have four-lobed medallion motifs. Top is decorated with pink and green painted design; four corners have green... |
 | Covered Splint Basket
Covered basket woven of 3/4-1" splints. Square base, circular top. The four sides are decorated in a free-hand, painted design of pink and black four-lobed medallions. Four of these medallions placed in circular fashion form the side decoration. The center of the circular cover has a similar... |
 | Child's Splint Rattle
Child's ash splint rattle. Close, bee-hive shaped basket filled with dried corn kernels. Handle is a single piece with ends curled back on themselves to form loops. Attributed to Paugussett Indian Molly Hatchett (1730-1829) |
 | Open Splint Basket
Ash splint open basket with rectangular base and oblong rim. Sections of six narrow weavers at base and below rim. Free-hand and stamped decoration in pink and brown. Brown may be black walnut. Stamp decoration is on end; pink flower petals around brown center dot. Side decoration is three... |
 | Covered Splint Basket
Covered ash splint basket with Nipmuck characteristics. The form is rectangular with slightly bulging sides. It retains its original orange and blue free-hand painted decoration in remarkably good condition. The blue is probably blueing; the orange may be red lead in gum vehical. The painted...
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