Strawberry basket
Artist
Annabelle Oakes (Iawenhakie)
(Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk, Akwesasne, Wolf Clan)
ClassificationsBasketry
Datec. 2000
Dimensions4” H x 5” Diam.
Materials/TechniqueFiber, pigment, wood, Black ash splint
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object numberNA2010.076.LMA
DescriptionLarge basket in the shape of a strawberry made from red-dyed ash splints with many twists around the body and lid. Sweet grass on the bottom, around the rim of the lid, and in double circles on the top of the lid. Six splints dyed green form twelve leaves at the top of the lid, and a lop of thin green splint forms a loop handle.
Place of origin / madeAkwesasne, USA, North America
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Annabelle Oakes (Iawenhakie)
Annabelle Oakes (Iawenhakie)
Annabelle Oakes (Iawenhakie)
Unknown, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Akwesasne Mohawk