Splint basket with curls

Artist Cecilia "Tsiotenhari:io" Sunday

ClassificationsBasketry

Date20th C

Dimensions9” H x 10” Diameter at widest

Materials/TechniqueWood, Black ash splint (Fraxinus nigra), pigment

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object numberNA2010.013.LMA

DescriptionSplint basket with two rows of splint curls, two rows of brown splints around the waist, and crisscrossed rim wraps.

Place of origin / madeAkwesasne, USA, North America

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