Finely Handwoven Large Basket with Frog Pattern brooch giving the piece a great

giving the piece a great  handmade warmth and uniqueness

which in turn has been mounted on a 8"x 10" piece mat board that at some point was annotated by a seller

native to Canada's Atlantic Provinces and the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec as well as the northeastern region of Maine

I believe it dates to the late 19th or early 20th century

I have since found others similar (including in museum collections) and know that it likely came from Guererro in Mexico

Finely Handwoven Large Basket with Frog Pattern brooch giving the piece a greatI am fairly certain this beautiful tall wicker basket, with lovely outwardly curling lip and terrific banded pattern of frogs around its lower half, is Northwest Coast Native. Handwoven, and very finely made, it features a sturdy structure of horizontal rings visible on the interior, and a pronounced vertical warp visible on the exterior, woven at varying densities with thinner reeds, some of which have been dyed red and black. It appears to have some