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Small Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Jose Form

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Small Nantucket Friendship Basket Purse, Jose Formoso Reyes, Nantucket, Massachusetts, c. 1950s, woven cane and splint oval form basket with a carved ivory seagull centered on the oval ivory plaque on the lid, ivory latch pin and handle pegs, swing handle, the base signed by the maker with an outline of the island, (latch loop broken, loss on one cane weaver), ht. with handle upright 8 1/2, dia. 8 1/2 in.

Condition: about a 3/4 in. loss on the one cane weaver.

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