DepartmentUnited States & Canada
Coiled grass basket with soapstone finial and bone handles
NameBasket
CultureInuit
Datec. 1960
Place madeCanada, North America
Mediumgrass, bone, sandstone
Dimensions9 1/16 × 9 13/16 × 3 1/8 in. (23 × 25 × 8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.8.17V
Object numberA.1980.8.17V
DescriptionCoiled, sewn. Natural color grasses. Round with 2 bone handles. Separate lid has knob in form of bird carved from black soapstone.
Artist unrecorded
Artist unrecorded
c. 1935
c. 1960
Artist unrecorded
Henry Earlich
ca. 6th AD (?)
c. 1925
Early 20th century
c. 1920