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Sewing Basket, before 1954
Josie Robinsonexpand_more
Wood, sweet grass, wigubexpand_more
Bequest from the Karen Daniels Petersen American Indian Collectionexpand_more 2008.99.57a,b
Not on Viewexpand_more
Anishinaabe artist Josie Robinson created this basket to store sewing materials. The basket is constructed from splinted ash, sweetgrass, and the inner bark of basswood woven together. Anishinaabe basketry has always been innovative, either through form and style or with material.
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- Sewing Basket
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- 2008.99.57a,b
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