Fancy basket
Artist
Laura Mitchell
(Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk, Akwesasne)
Date2002
MediumFiber, yarn, sweetgrass
Dimensions6 1/2” H (w/loop) x 7 5/8” Diam.
SignedInside bottom of basket: Laura Mitchell
Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Mortimer C. Howe Fund
Object numberNA2000.86.HOW
DescriptionFancy basket based on a Mary Adams prototype, made with black ash splints and sweet grass. Bands of braided sweetgrass around the body and lid. Unbraided sweetgrass on the base and in a band surrounding the triple loop handle. Many porcupine twists on the body of the basket and lid, as well as forming a base of the basket.
ClassificationsBasketry
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