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Twentieth Century Anishinabe Art - The Olga Denison Collection

 

 

Black Ash Baskets

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  Purse 1976 Basket 1983 Market Basket 1979
 

Purse, 1976
Lena Pego Strong-Saginaw Chippewa
Black ash splints, grass rope
11"x 8"x 5"

Basket, 1983
Lena Pego Strong-Saginaw Chippewa
Black ash splints, sweetgrass trim
8"x 9"

Market Basket, 1970
Lena Pego Strong- Saginaw Chippewa
Black ash splints, white ash handle
17 1/2 "x 14" x 7 1/2 "

 

 

  knitting Basket 1971 Ear of Corn 1989 Basket 1980
 

Knitting Basket, 1971
Lena Pego Strong-Saginaw Chippewa
Black ash splints
7" x 14 1/2 "

Ear of Corn, 1989
Red Arrow Family-Don Stevens, Saginaw Chippewa, and Ida Stevens
Black ash splints
7 1/2  x 4"

Basket, 1980
Red Arrow Family-Don Stevens, Saginaw Chippewa, and Ida Stevens
Black ash splints
13" x 14"

 

 

  Vision Basket 1982 Fancy Basket 1990 Strawberry Basket 1994
 

Vision Basket, 1982
Red Arrow Family-Don Stevens, Saginaw Chippewa, and Ida Stevens
Black ash splints
13" x 10 1/2"

Fancy Basket, 1990
Artist Unknown-Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Black ash splints
9 1/2" x 10 1/2"

Strawberry Basket, 1994
Larry Sprague-Saginaw Chippewa/Potawatomi
Black ash splints
5 1/2" x 8 1/2"

 

 

  Lidded Basket Lidded Basket Floral Fancy Basket 1970
 

Lidded Basket, Unknown Date
Alice Bennett-Saginaw Chippewa
Black ash splints, sweetgrass trim
10 1/2" x 6"

Lidded Basket, Unknown Date
Alice Bennett-Saginaw Chippewa
Black ash splints, sweetgrass trim
11" x 8"

Floral Fancy Basket, 1970
Alice Bennett-Saginaw Chippewa
Black ash splints, sweetgrass trim
12" x 6"

 

 

  Hamper 1978 Lidded Basket With Tray 1976 Large sewing basket with tray 1978
 

Hamper, 1978
John Nahgahgwon-Saginaw Chippewa
15" x 28"

Lidded Basket with Tray, 1976
Alice Bennett-Saginaw Chippewa
Black ash splints
14" x 12"

Large Sewing Baskets with Tray, 1978
Edmund Pigeon-Potawatomi
Black ash splints, white ash handles
15" x 12"

 

 

 

  Cattail Flower Flower
 

Flowers and Cattails, Unknown Date Artist Unknown-Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Black ash splints

 

 

 

  Cattail flower Market Basket 1978
 

Flowers and Cattails, Unknown Date
Artist Unknown-Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Black ash splints

Flowers and Cattails, Unknown Date
Artist Unknown-Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Black ash splints

Market Basket, 1978
Edmund Pigeon-Potawatomi
Black ash splints, white ash handles
24 1/2" x 14" 10"

 

 

 

  Round Basket 1975
 

Round Basket, 1975
Artist Unknown-possibly Betsy Thomas, Saginaw Chippewa
Black ash splints, white ash handle
12" x 13"