Seed basket

NameSeed basket

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Place madeNorth America

MediumSeeds, cardboard, cotton

DimensionsOverall: 2 7/8 x 5 13/16 x 4 13/16 in. (7.3 x 14.8 x 12.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of Eric Zafran, FA.2010.97.21

Object numberFA.2010.97.21

Collections

United States and Canada

DescriptionRectangular, hinged, lidded box covered with small brown and round reddish-brown seeds and lined with red cotton. The lid is decorated with diagonal rows of the larger reddish-brown seeds between an overall surface of almond shaped brown seeds. A seed covered round button is on the botton front and the front and sides are decorated with a single large zigzag band. A string of seeds at center front.