Odd Fellows Early 20th Century Memorial Ribbon, Pin ornate wooden box I have looked at lots

I have looked at lots and lots of antique woven splint baskets

is really lovely

The piece is signed on the bottom with what looks to say "Burke 92" but could be "Byrke"

with a raffia loop already attached for hanging on the wall

Odd Fellows Early 20th Century Memorial Ribbon, Pin ornate wooden box I have looked at lotsThe International Order of Odd Fellows (I. O. O. F) certainly has had a gift for designing compelling iconography, and this memorial ribbon from the Powow River Lodge in Amesbury, MA features two of its best, with the gold bordered "handshake" pin at top and "all seeing eye" at center. Those waving flags between the two are pretty good too. I am pretty certain this one dates to the turn of the century around the heyday of the I. O. O. F, when it was