Beautifully Aged, Serene Antique Carved Santos with Colorful Base antique christmas The center of the lid

The center of the lid and base of the basket are woven with sweetgrass on the splint structure

I want to see a whole wall of them

Found in Maine and really a perfect thing

Definitely it's got some age--I would think 1940s at the latest

Beautifully Aged, Serene Antique Carved Santos with Colorful Base antique christmas The center of the lidSuch a tall and gentle, serene feeling one, perhaps representing St. Francis, my favorite saint of all, but I'm not entirely certain. With a wonderfully carved face, the wood softened in the best way over the years, and perfect craquelure to the polychrome. The head was carved as a separate piece, and can be pulled out as the arms were somewhere along the way. The nicely colorful painted base is part of the carving, not a separate piece. 12 1 2" t. 3