Seed basket

NameSeed basket

Artist Artist unrecorded

Place madeNorth America

MediumSeeds, cardboard, cotton

DimensionsOverall: 2 7/8 x 5 13/16 x 4 13/16 in. (7.3 x 14.8 x 12.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of Eric Zafran, FA.2010.97.21

Object numberFA.2010.97.21

DescriptionRectangular, hinged, lidded box covered with small brown and round reddish-brown seeds and lined with red cotton. The lid is decorated with diagonal rows of the larger reddish-brown seeds between an overall surface of almond shaped brown seeds. A seed covered round button is on the botton front and the front and sides are decorated with a single large zigzag band. A string of seeds at center front.