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SKU: 250616-33

Miliseet Dark Curled Weave Basket with Porcupine Stitch

Early 20th Century 

4.125" H x 9.5" D

Hand Coiled Brown Colored Basket with Woven Porcupine Stitch Design

In Good Condition has Rim Damage

Maliseet baskets with porcupine stitch (or porcupine weave/curls) are traditional Wabanaki ash-splint baskets featuring a decorative technique that creates sharp, spiky projections resembling porcupine quills. Maliseet, one of the Wabanaki (“People of the Dawn”) nations of Maine and New Brunswick (alongside Penobscot, Passamaquoddy, and Mi’kmaq). These communities share related basketry traditions centered on brown/black ash and often sweetgrass.

Condition: Good

Tribe: Algonquian - Abenaki - Wabanaki

Year Range: 1900 - 1925

Region: MidWest to Southeast US

Dimensions: 4.13 in9.5 in

Category: Basket - Winnowing Tray - Bowl

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