Plaited Basket

Plaited Basket

Ojibwa plaited conical basket. Materials: Black ash splints vertically plaited with "curled" or "Porcupine" work producing a relief decoration. "Curled" work done in red, yellow, green, orange, and black ash splints. Two hoop handles of sweet grass on sides. Purchased in 1958 in Michigan.
  • Object: Plaited Basket
  • Artist: -
  • Circa: 1958
  • Dimensions: 5" high 4 1/4" diameter
  • Culture Area: Great Lakes or Northeast
  • Cultural Group: Ojibwa / Ojibwe / Chippewa / Anishinaabe
  • Cultural Context: -
  • Donor: Helen Perks
  • Catalog #: 87.003