Fancy Basket
Artist
Irene McDonald
(Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk, Akwesasne), Turtle Clan)
DateLate 20th C (prior to 2000)
MediumPigment, Black ash splint, sweetgrass
Dimensions5 1/8” H (w/loop) x 5 3/8” D
Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Edward M Werner ‘71
Object numberNA2010.078.WER
DescriptionBasket is made with very small black ash splints, most of them natural with some dyed purple creating two dashed lines around the body and at the outer edge of the top of the lid. Purple splints are also used to create a multi-looped handle, while natural splints create a porcupine twist base. Sweetgrass at center of lid.
ClassificationsBasketry
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