Strawberry basket

Artist Jimmy Jacobs (Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk, Akwesasne)

Date2009

MediumFiber, wood, Hop horn beam (iron wood) splints, sweetgrass

Dimensions3 3/8” H x 3 1/2” Diam.

Credit LineMuseum purchase; Funded by Edward M Werner ‘71

Object numberNA2009.15.WER

DescriptionSmall lidded strawberry basket of natural splints and sweet grass with splint twists around the body and in a single ring around the lid. Splint twist handle.

ClassificationsBasketry

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Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

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