Simplified Snake Basket. Colon: Abbotts Magic, ca.

Simplified Snake Basket. Colon: Abbotts Magic, ca. 1965. A faux snake is thrown in a woven basket along with a pack of cards. After comedic by-play, the snake rises from the basket with a selected card in its mouth. Basket 9 _ high. Battery operated model. With wooden carrying case and accessories. For decades, the baskets for the magic tricks manufactured by Abbotts (this one included) were woven by a local Potawatomi Indian tribe in southeastern Michigan, not far from the magic companys headquarters.