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Fancy basket

Artist Shirley Thompson (Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk, Akwesasne)

MediumPigment, wood

Dimensions5” H x 7” Diam.

Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Edward M Werner ‘71

Object numberNA2010.085.WER

DescriptionFancy basket in which most splints are dyed blue. Those remaining in the natural color create chain and dash designs around the body and lid as well s the loops of the handle.

ClassificationsBasketry

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Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

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