Chinaberry Basket

The day that Leslie and I went antique shopping in NE Alabama, we stopped in Ashville.  In the downtown square was a shop called Sante Fe South with a nice selection of pottery and baskets:

…but when I saw this basket studded with chinaberries (chinaberries! never seen a basket woven to include those), it had to come home with me:

It was made by Marilyn Huey, a Cherokee woman who demonstrates her art at festivals.  So beautiful: