Folk Art Carved Texas IOOF Presentation Gavel fringed This is a wonderful basket

This is a wonderful basket

Myrol Eells in his notebooks mentions that the Quinault made large storage bags which were used for storing cloth and other similar items

Years later he would move from Hotevilla Village

What can I say about the 1940s

The rigging is made with strong black thread

Folk Art Carved Texas IOOF Presentation Gavel fringed This is a wonderful basketThis is a handsome historical carving. Carved into the handle is the presentation dedication and the top of the handle is squared with the following carefully carved into it: "Presented by Dr. W H Trolincer to B F ChOristian Lodge No 102 IOOF Texas". Around the handle grip is carved "Made by Wm Nichols of Kas" and at end of the handle the date "1888". The gavel head is covered with IOOF symbology including the three link chain, the all seeing eye, the