Small, lidded basket with sweetgrass and natural dyes
Keywords:
Basketry
Category:
Objects
Description:
This basket is woven with very fine splints and incorporates the use of braided sweetgrass. It is quite ornate and shows the artistic nature of today's baskets.
This label is being used to indicate that this material is traditionally and usually not publicly available. The label is correcting a misunderstanding about the circulation options for this material and letting any users know that this material has specific conditions for sharing between family members. Who these family members are, an how sharing occurs will be defined in each locale. This material is not, and never was, free, public and available for everyone at anytime. This label asks you to think about how you are going to use this material and to respect different cultural values and expectations about circulation and use.