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Basket with Stamped Decoration

early 1800s

Native North America, Woodlands, Algonquian or Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Post-contact Period

Medium
ash? strips, pigment
Measurements
Overall: 17 x 35.5 cm (6 11/16 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund 1978.77
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A warm brown basket woven from flat ash splints features a rectangular base and flared sides. On the basket, the horizontal and vertical strips create a grid punctuated by dark-brown stamped circles with short, radiating lines. A thick wooden band reinforces the wide rim, wrapped in thin bindings that spiral diagonally around the top. The rhythmic sunburst patterns and organic textures across the interlocked bands give the handcrafted vessel a decorated appearance.

Basket with Stamped Decoration

early 1800s

Native North America, Woodlands, Algonquian or Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Post-contact Period

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