Lovely Vintage Pine Needle Basket Tray with Handles spotted pig which shows some age

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Along the left edges of the backsides are button closures

Lovely Vintage Pine Needle Basket Tray with Handles spotted pig which shows some ageThis pine needle basket tray, probably mid 20th century and Coushatta (Southeast U. S native), is just lovely, with a terrific interplay between the warm brown of the pine needles and the light stitching, which creates a spiral pattern as it joins one pine needle bundle to the next. Plus those beautifully knotted "golden sun" details at the handles and center! The basket, which I believe was made to hold a pie plate, seems to have been finished with a