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Fancy basket

Artist Irene McDonald (Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk, Akwesasne), Turtle Clan)

DateLate 20th C

MediumFiber, wood, Black ash splint and sweetgrass

Dimensions6 1/2” H x 9 1/4” Diam.

SignedTwice inside bottom: Irene McDonald and Irene McD.

Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Tom and Carol Muttitt P’15

Object numberNA2011.35.MUT

DescriptionLidded fancy basket woven from a combination of wide and narrow splints with numerous splint porcupine twists on the body and lid and a splint loop handle. Much of the sweetgrass is braided, except on the bottom, around the rim of the lid, and at the center top of the lid.

ClassificationsBasketry

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