DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Quillwork basket

NameBasket

Maker Helena Beboning

Maker Delia Beboning (born 1941)

CultureAnishinaabe

Date1990-2001

Place madeManitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada, North America

MediumPorcupine quills, birch bark, sweetgrass, cotton thread

Dimensions2 5/8 × 4 3/8 × 4 3/8 in. (6.6675 × 11.1125 × 11.1125 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Ronald and Vicki Sullivan, A.2016.10.6ab

Object numberA.2016.10.6ab

DescriptionShort cylindrical container with lid. Around the sides, white quills are used to create a pattern where diamond shapes gaps show a red color underneath. On the top of the lid there is this diamond pattern around the edge and a bright red flower in the middle with a yellow center.