SOLD Golden Locks, Small Braided, Handled Basket Woven of Hair sawtooth counter gold painted pages

gold painted pages

and the glass soon to be revealed

paws and tail

I'm not sure why

It spans a number of years in the 1830s

SOLD Golden Locks, Small Braided, Handled Basket Woven of Hair sawtooth counter gold painted pagesThis small basket is woven braided entirely of hair. Whether human or horse I am not entirely certain; i might guess the latter, but the hair is more soft than coarse, and fairly fine. I purchased it in Nashville from an Ohio based dealer, and know it came from a large collection of baskets from an estate there. I have found a few examples of Native American baskets woven of horse hair (Tohono O'odham and Koasati ((Couchatta)) examples specifically)