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Red splint twist basket

Artist Mary Adams (Kawennatakie) (Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk), 1917 - 1999)

MediumFiber, pigment, wood, Black ash splint, sweetgrass

Dimensions5 3/8” (w/ loop) H x 8” Diam.

Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Max, Mia, and Benjamin Ross ‘05 in honor of Allan and Marion Ross

Object numberNA2012.41.ROS

DescriptionLidded basket with red-dyed splints, natural splints, and sweetgrass. The body of the basket has a row of red splint twists edging the bottom, and a larger section of red splint twists in the middle that is separated from the bottom by a section of red-dyed splints and sweetgrass. Sweetgrass woven with red splints line the edge of the lid, which also has red splint twists with sweetgrass at the center. The lid is topped with five curls of natural splint.

ClassificationsBasketry

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