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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 638865, member: 301&quot;]Hummmmmmmmm.......let me opine !</p><p>it looks like half a buttocks basket, or called a melon basket..</p><p>I&#039;ve not seen this style before , so, non traditional.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]183218[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>but not unheard of either.</p><p>The wood handle is firm enuf to grasp while placing eggs or produce inside....or with the extended wood, may have been long enuf for a rope or sash to go around both ends , and hang flat on the body from the neck or shoulder freeing up both hands for collection....</p><p><br /></p><p>They were also made as wall hangers.....still with handles...but the roughness of the two wooden ends on yours....looks like this may have served that purpose as well..</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]183219[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Did yours come out of Virginia ?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]183220[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>just a thought that yours may have had a handle , now missing, that attached to the wood lengths at both ends.....</p><p><br /></p><p>Great pics as usual Aaron !!!!</p><p>Thanks for helping us...to help you !!&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Heehehe!!!!!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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