Small Cree Sweetgrass Basket

Coiled Basket

DPR Collections

Name/Title

Small Cree Sweetgrass Basket

Description

Cute little decorative sweetgrass lidded basket sewn with dark green thread and with braided dark green loops around the rim.

Made/Created

Artist

Larry Gilbert

Date made

2002

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Northeast

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Cree

Native American, First Nation

Dimensions

Height

2-1/2 in

Diameter

3-3/8 in

Material

Sweetgrass, Cotton Thread, Sweetgrass, Dyed

Coiled Basket Details

Coiled Start Type

Round

Coiled Start Material

Sweetgrass, Cotton Thread

Coiled Finish Type

Self Coiled

Foundation

Coiled Foundation Type

Bundle

Coiled Foundation Material

Sweetgrass

Coil Direction

Left

Stitch Details

Stitch Spacing

Predominantly Open Spacing

Other Decoration Materials and Types

Decoration Material

Sweetgrass, Dyed

Decoration Type

Applied

Decoration Notes

Braided, dyed green sweetgrass loops sewn around the outside just below the rim.