Round body of coil construction with flaring sides; grass? covered with bark; natural and stained bark creating continuous geometric pattern around the body; laced edging of bark around top edge.
baskets (containers)
bark (plant material)
staining
grass (plant material)
coiling (pottery technique)
grass (plant material)
Grass
Bark
Coiled
Stained
BASKET
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Native American (Maker)
USA
6 (H), 12.563 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.761
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