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Fancy basket

Artist Robin Lazore (Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Akwesasne Mohawk)

Date2010

MediumFiber, pigment, wood, ash splints, sweet grass

Dimensions6 1/8” H (with loop) x 10 5/8” Diam

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

Object numberNA2010.053.MUT

DescriptionLarge lidded plaited basket with porcupine twists at base and around center of the lid. Other decorative details include a five-pointed star and loops at the center of the lid, a friendship chain around the center of the basket body, zigzag dyed splints around rim of lid, alternating dyed and natural splints, and sweetgrass details at center of lid, rim of basket, and base.

ClassificationsBasketry

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