Lidded basket
Artist
Florence David
(Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk, Akwesasne, Wolf Clan)
Datec. 2004
MediumFiber, pigment, wood, Black ash splint, sweetgrass
Dimensions4 1/8” H x 4 3/4” Diam.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object numberNA2012.39.LMA
DescriptionSmall lidded splint and sweetgrass basket. Four rows of braided sweetgrass near bottom of basket with single row near the top on body of basket. Plain sweetgrass near outer edge of bottom of basket. Briaded sweetgrass woven along the side and outer top of the lid and its center. Four rows of dyed maroon narrow splints, remaining splints are natural ash, on both the basket and the lid. The lid is topped with five loops of natural splints.
ClassificationsBasketry
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