Medicine basket necklace

Medicine basket necklace

This a small woven basket resembling a pouch. The top has been finished with a tied leather opening. Most of the body is decorated with a light woven thread and a dark stripe through the thread. The base is woven sedge basket. It hangs from a leather cord that is beaded with dentillium, olive shells, and turquoise and glass beads.
  • Object: Medicine basket necklace
  • Artist: unknown
  • Circa: unknown
  • Dimensions: basket: 1.5" long. cord: 28" end to end
  • Culture Area: unknown
  • Cultural Group: unknown
  • Cultural Context: -
  • Donor: Sharon Koch
  • Catalog #: 2025.5.16