Acorn basket
Artist
Annabelle Oakes (Iawenhakie)
(Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk, Akwesasne, Wolf Clan)
MediumBlack ash splint and sweet grass
Dimensions3 5/8” L x 3 1/4” Diam.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Carol Ann Lorenz and Christopher T. Vecsey
Object numberNA2010.101.LOR
DescriptionPlaited basket in the shape of an acorn. Made of brown-dyed black ash splints with sweet grass at the center of the lid, on the rim of the lid, and on the base of the basket. The lid is hinged to the basket.
ClassificationsBasketry
Collections
Exhibitions
Imagining Indigeneity in a Global Future
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Annabelle Oakes (Iawenhakie)
Annabelle Oakes (Iawenhakie)
