Lidded basket with covenant chain design
Artist
Elizabeth Katsitsiaienne “Katie” Thompson
(Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk, Akwesasne)
MediumFiber, pigment, wood, Black ash splint, sweetgrass
Dimensions3 3/8” H (w/loop) x 6 1/4” Diam.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Mortimer C. Howe Fund
Object numberNA2000.89.HOW
DescriptionSplint basket with sweet grass and dyed red splint covenant chain design around body of basket and on the lid. Lid has curled splint handle.
ClassificationsBasketry
Collections
Exhibitions
Makers and Materials of the Americas
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Elizabeth Katsitsiaienne “Katie” Thompson
Late 20th / Early 21st C.
Mary Adams (Kawennatakie)