TWO PAIRS OF FIBER BASKET HANDLES

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TWO PAIRS OF FIBER BASKET HANDLES
POSSIBLY AMERICAN, 19TH CENTURY

The first pair of braided brown fiber in the form of a horseshoe and joined at the base by a leather bar with monkey knot ends; the second pair of braided and glazed black cloth in the form of a horseshoe and joined at the base by a fabric wrapped bar with monkey knot ends; together with several lengths of rope and an iron clamp--9½in. length, 6in. wide at base, the largest (8)