Basket and lid with modern sewing notions

From collection Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Collection

Basket and lid with modern sewing notions

Basket and lid, flat bottomed, made of sweetgrass? or rattan?, filled with modern sewing notions, lid has two decorative rope handles with Asian characters on coin-like buttons, blue on the inside.

Details

Plants 
Good 
Photo IDs need correcting -- Cat # was changed from 2000 or 2013.214 18xx to 2013.294.18xx when donor identified. Perhaps not Native American basket.