Flower Basket

NameBasket

Artist or maker Molly Neptune Parker

Artist or maker Janet Neptune

Collective/Group NEA National Heritage Fellow

CulturePassamaquoddy

Date2016

Place madePrinceton, Maine, United States, North America

MediumBrown ash, sweetgrass, commercial dyes

Dimensions6 11/16 × 7 1/16 × 7 1/16 in. (17 × 18 × 18 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2016.80.1ab

Object numberFA.2016.80.1ab

Collections

NEA National Heritage Fellows

DescriptionBasket (a) with lid (b). Fibers in natural cream and browns. Main body of the basket is decorated partly in folded curlicues which extend from the surface of the basket. The bottom half is an alternating pattern of dark brown and cream strips. The lid of the basket also has the curlicues and light/dark patterning as well asgreen leaves and flowers made of the same material as the rest of the basket. Braids and cords of sweetgrass are also used as decoration at the rims and center top.