Extremely Fine Pine Needle Flat Lidded Basket, Presumed Antique Native American Louisiana native basket measures 4 1/2" tall x

measures 4 1/2" tall x 1 7/8" in diameter

“Tommy Ruthven

with no cracks or splits

combined with yellow shirt and red pants--just a terrific color scheme I think

Extremely Fine Pine Needle Flat Lidded Basket, Presumed Antique Native American Louisiana native basket measures 4 1/2" tall xThis is the finest pine needle basket I've ever seen, and I've looked at a fair number and sold a number of them. It's like an incredibly intricate little nest, light as a feather, just exquisite like the hushed floor of the forest distilled into the perfect object. The needles are a gorgeous shade of deep brown, and the stitching holding them together just beautiful. The lid sits flat across the top of the basket, resting. It bears the remnant of an