Lightship Baskets of NantucketLearn the history and craft of Nantucket lightship baskets and how to create your own! The Nantucket Lightship Basket developed over many decades into the distinctive basket so highly prized by collectors today. The baskets evolved in the mid nineteenth century from wooden splint baskets made by Algonquin Indians and were adapted by Nantucketers. The history of this basket and its makers is richly illustrated with color photographs that detail