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Fancy basket

Artist Shirley Thompson (Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk, Akwesasne)

Date2012

MediumFiber, pigment, wood, black ash splints, sweetgrass

Dimensions7 1/2” H x 7 1/4” Diam.

Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by the Mortimer C. Howe Fund

Object numberNA2012.48.HOW

DescriptionFancy basket in which most splints are dyed magenta. Those remaining in the natural color create chain and dash designs around the body and lid as well as the loops of the handle. A small amount of sweetgrass is at the center bottom and center lid and along the rim of the basket. Extensive porcupine twists on lid, body, and foot of basket.

ClassificationsBasketry

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