Vintage 1930s Native American Wastepaper Basket Wabanaki 11” white a couple of tiny dings

a couple of tiny dings and an unusual solder-like bump (see last close-up photo)

The dress has above the wrist length puff sleeves and a scoop neck

The copyright symbol before Boucher dates the set to post-1955

wear to the underside

This is a wonderful quality 50s brocade dress - beautiful fabric

Vintage 1930s Native American Wastepaper Basket Wabanaki 11” white a couple of tiny dingsThis is a large Native American wastepaper basket made of ash splint and trimmed with Hong Kong cord roping at the rim and handles. The use of Hong Kong cord dates this basket to the 1930s, the only decade when this type of material was used as a substitute for hand twirled sweetgrass, which was more labour intensive to produce. This Native American wastepaper basket is woven in a checkerboard pattern of dyed ash splints in orange, green, golden