SKU: 250616-34

Miliseet Lidded Basket with Porcupine Stitch

$265.00

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Early 20th Century

5.125" H x 8.25" D + 1.25" D Loop

Hand Coiled Light Colored Lidded Basket with Porcupine Stitch and a Loop Handle on the Lid

In Very Good Condition

Maliseet lidded 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: Very Good

Tribe: Algonquian - Abenaki - Wabanaki

Year Range: 1900 - 1925

Region: MidWest to Southeast US

Dimensions: 5.13 in8.25 in1.25 in

Category: Basket - Lidded

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