Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0145-0134 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Ojibwe | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada or USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Quebec, Ontario, Minnesota, Michigan | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Sweetgrass stems; Porcupine quills; Thread; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Oval basket whose flat base is made from sheet of birch bark and whose slightly rounded sides are woven of sweetgrass bundles that are stitched together in a widely spaced coiling technique, using black thread as the weft fiber; Wide openwork band with one sweetgrass bundle woven in a zigzag pattern encircles upper side of basket; Floral pattern in natural and dyed (green, purple, and chartreuse) porcupine quills is woven on interior base; Lip of basket incorporates single row of quills in colors of red, yellow, and purple. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 6.5, Width = ca. 19.0, Length = 25.0 | |