Large, Finely Woven Grass Winnowing or Fanner Style Basket wooden egg-shaped box with fantastic bright blue eyes

with fantastic bright blue eyes

) on the bottom: Sunday

based on the deer and teepee carved into the back of her dark green wrap

the beautifully shaped tin of the scoop wraps around the sides of the base

Large, Finely Woven Grass Winnowing or Fanner Style Basket wooden egg-shaped box with fantastic bright blue eyesA beauty of a basket, even better in person, where its graceful form, the warmth of its patina and the care invested in its making are all the more palpable. I've become pretty familiar with certain varieties of Native American baskets of the Northeast and Northwest coasts, but am not completely sure of this one, tightly coiled and very finely woven. The form is of a winnowing basket, and I think it could actually be an African American "fanner," made