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fancy basket

Artist Wilma Angus (Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Akwesasne Mohawk)

MediumFiber, pigment, wood, Black ash splint and sweetgrass

Dimensions6 1/4” H x 7 1/2” Diam.

Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Edward M Werner ‘71

Object numberNA2010.092.WER

DescriptionFancy basket with natural and blue-dyed splints on the body and lid. A single row of braided sweetgrass on the rim and unbraided sweetgrass on the edge of the lid. Additional sweetgrass extensively on the base and center of lid. Splint twists and curls decorate the center lid.

ClassificationsBasketry

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