Sweetgrass basket
Artist
Christina Jock
(Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk, Akwesasne)
Date2009
MediumFiber, wood, Black ash splints, sweetgrass
Dimensions4 1/2” H x 10 3/4” Diameter
Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Edward M Werner ‘71
Object numberNA2009.16.WER
DescriptionBasket with wide and narrow splints and extensive braided sweet grass. Looped splint and braided sweet grass handle.
ClassificationsBasketry
Collections
Exhibitions
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