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Small splint and sweet grass lidded basket

Artist Elizabeth Katsitsiaienne “Katie” Thompson (Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Mohawk, Akwesasne)

DateLate 20th / Early 21st C.

MediumFiber, wood, Black ash splint, sweetgrass

Dimensions2 1/2” H (w/loop) x 3 7/8” Diam.

Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Mortimer C. Howe Fund

Object numberNA2000.90.HOW

DescriptionSmall splint basket with sweet grass and one small loop on top of lid and decorative V-shaped splint binding on rim.

ClassificationsBasketry

Collections

Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

Exhibitions

Makers and Materials of the Americas

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