MM249.183

Title

MM249.183

Creator

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Zach Francis See all items with this value

Description

Brown circular grass and birch bark lidded basket

Brown circular grass and birch bark lidded basket
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, 1) Form: Basket: Circular base, flat. Walls slope out very slightly to form circular opening. Slightly inset rim. , Lid: Top is disc of birch bark with rim that extends down.

,2) Material/Color:
, asket: Tan (R235 G214 B186) sweet grass with black embroidery.
, Ld: Brown (R176 G117 B36) birch bark with several faded strips of colors with variations of cream (R252 G244 B244), blue/green (R226 G240 B232) and pink (R238 G203 B211). Same sweet grass rim and black embroidery.
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,3) onstruction: Basket: Circular coiled basket with inset rim. Vertical black lines of embroidery.
, Lid:Disc of birch bark is attached to sweet grass rim with same embroidery. Rim overhangs.
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, 4)Decration:
, Black ebroidery throughout both and faded strips of colors on lid rim only.
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, 5) Skll/are: Fairly skilled construction. Birch bark handled well.
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, 6) Condtio: VERY GOOD. Slight fading.

Place

West Bay

Publisher

Mathers

Contributor

Ostrom, Elinor and Vincent

Identifier

MM249.183

Coverage

Ojibwe

Date Created

2015:03:24 11:03:39