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Introduction

Basket made of dyed and natural black ash splints and sweetgrass. Contains wide and narrow splints, bundled sweetgrass around rims, and a handle of braided sweetgrass. Collected by Harald Seyrl.

Name of Maker(s): Anonymous Mohawk artist
Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee Mohawk
Nation of Origin

Item is from the Mohawk community of Akwesasne.

Place of Origin: Akwesasne
Materials

Dyed and natural black ash splints, and sweetgrass.

Techniques or Format

Woven

Motifs and Patterns

Wide and narrow splints, bundled sweetgrass around rim and grated sweetgrass around rim of basket and lid; attached handle of braided sweetgrass; and hole on top of the lid (perhaps for yarn, as a knitting basket.

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 29.5 cm
Current Location: Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: 159942 a, b
Previous Collectors: Harald Seyrl
GKS Reference Number: 59079
How to Cite this Item

Unknown Mohawk artist, basket. Currently in the Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria, 159942 a, b. Item photographed and described as part of a GRASAC research trip January 2016; GRASAC item id 59072.

Record Creation Context

In January of 2016, a small team of GRASAC researchers visited the collection to study and photograph it: Ruth Phillips, Lisa Truong, Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Odawa/Ojibwe), Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) and Wahsontiio Cross (Mohawk, Kahnawake). This GKS record was created in January 2022 by GRASAC RA Amelia Healey.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Created using a spreadsheet with information made by Ruth Phillips, Lisa Truong, Naomi Recollet (Anishinaabe (Odawa/Ojibwe), Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) and Wahsontiio Cross (Mohawk, Kahnawake).

Approximate Place of Origin

45.01, -74.65

Source of Information about Places

Akwesasne is located in Ontario, New York, and Quebec, sitting along the St. Lawrence River.

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