Strange Basket

[Chessa]

My Grandmother recently got rid of a bunch of hand made baskets she made. I found one that looked really strange and asked her about it. She said it was the kind of basket people used before buckets to feed the chickens and such. I was wondering if this basket *might* be good to use as a "prop" or for use at a reenactment.
Heres some pictures:


The whole thing


The handle


And extra frame she had

Any comments, history, anything?