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Photograph by Jennifer Day. Copyright 2005 School of American Research.

Basket start

Photograph by Jennifer Day. Copyright 2005 School of American Research.

Basket start

Date: 2005
Artist or Maker: Everett Pikyavit (b. 1967)
Dimensions:
Overall: 170 cm, 0.5 cm (66 15/16 in., 3/16 in.)
Medium: willow | redbud
Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2005.
Object Number: SAR.2005-18-2
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a twined basket start for a large basket. It has eighty-one spokes. The supports are of slender willow branches. The red stitches are of scraped redbud bark, and the beige stitches are of scraped willow bark.
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