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Domed lid basket
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Domed lid basket

Artist Mary Adams (Kawennatakie)? (Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk), 1917 - 1999)
Artist Wilma Angus? (Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Akwesasne Mohawk)
Date20th C
MediumWood, Black ash and sweetgrass
Dimensions5” H x 5 1/2” Diam.
Signed“Adams” on bottom, “Angus” on inside
Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Edward M Werner ‘71
Object numberNA2010.095.WER
DescriptionSmall basket with domed lid, entire base of sweetgrass, extensive sweetgrass on the center lid, and braided sweetgrass in three rows around the body of the basket and two rows on the lid. Unbraided sweetgrass around the rim of the lid. Ten porcupine twists at the center top of the lid.
ClassificationsBasketry
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