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Anishinaabe, Close up of Details of a Black Ash Woven Basket, Michigan State University Museum, 409 West Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI 48824, museum.msu.edu

Great Lakes or Eastern Woodland Indian basket, made of black ash splints, with handles. Decorative loops are made of basswood fiber cord. Row of…

Cherish Parrish, Parrish, art basket, 2012 (Tilted view), 2012

Art basket made in the shape of the torso of a pregnant woman. Woven from thin strips of black ash, light in color. Sweet grass trim at the rim. Made…

Birchbark Container 4

Birch Bark Design, Acquired in 1919

Box is rectangular in shape; 11 inches x 16 1/5 inches x 4 1/2 inches deep; painted birch bark trim around the top and sides; black ash splint…

Birchbark Container 3

Haudenosaunee, Haudenosaunee Close-Up View of Mush Paddle, MSU Museum, 2013

Hand-carved, solid wood mush paddle. The paddle features two sets of carved grooves, one on the shaft and another near the throat. The grip of the…

Anishinaabe, View of Detail, Great Lakes or Eastern Woodlands black ash basket, Michigan State University Museum, 409 West Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI 48824, museum.msu.edu

Great Lakes or Eastern Woodland Indian basket, made of black ash splints, with handles. Decorative loops are made of basswood fiber cord. Row of…

Side of Painted Birch Bark Box, Acquired in 1919

Box is rectangular in shape; 11 inches x 16 1/5 inches x 4 1/2 inches deep; painted birch bark trim around the top and sides; black ash splint…

Cherish Parrish, Use of Black Ash basket

The baskets created have contributed to the rise in status of women and their successes economically & politically. Baskets have been a particular…

Haudensaunee, Haudenosaunee Mush Paddle Top View, MSU Museum, 2013

Hand-carved, solid wood mush paddle. The paddle features two sets of carved grooves, one on the shaft and another near the throat. The grip of the…