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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 583139, member: 8267"]Having had a chance to review my copy of John McGuire's book, "Basketry: The Nantucket Tradition" (Lark Books, 1990), the construction of this basket looks consistent with the Nantucket baskets. Turned wooden base, with a hole in the center where it was screwed onto a wooden mold. The basket was assembled and woven over the mold to maintain a consistent shape, and then the hole in the base was neatly plugged. The weaving materials are appropriate - wood splint staves and rattan weavers. The "ears" - the parts that are inserted into the weaving and to which the handle is attached - could be either wood or, as in this case, metal. McGuire notes that not all baskets were signed or labeled. It needs a little repair around the rim, but appears well made. IMO a definite keeper.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 583139, member: 8267"]Having had a chance to review my copy of John McGuire's book, "Basketry: The Nantucket Tradition" (Lark Books, 1990), the construction of this basket looks consistent with the Nantucket baskets. Turned wooden base, with a hole in the center where it was screwed onto a wooden mold. The basket was assembled and woven over the mold to maintain a consistent shape, and then the hole in the base was neatly plugged. The weaving materials are appropriate - wood splint staves and rattan weavers. The "ears" - the parts that are inserted into the weaving and to which the handle is attached - could be either wood or, as in this case, metal. McGuire notes that not all baskets were signed or labeled. It needs a little repair around the rim, but appears well made. IMO a definite keeper.[/QUOTE]
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