Basket

Artist Mary Adams (Kawennatakie) (Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk), 1917 - 1999)

MediumFiber, pigment, wood, Black ash splint, sweetgrass

Dimensions11 1/2” H x 12” Diam.

SignedBottom: Mary Adams

Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Edward M Werner ‘71

Object numberNA2010.087.WER

DescriptionLarge basket of splint with mostly natural splints, but two rows dyed blue and red, now somewhat faded on the outside. Braided sweetgrass in rows around the base and shoulder and threaded through the splint curls that appear over the dyed splints. Braided sweetgrass loops decorate the rim and braided handles with decorative loops.

ClassificationsBasketry

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