qic’maqał niisaak (Basketry Pattern)

Collection of basket making materials (1413/1-26), sold to M. Davis by Dora Frank's son; then Davis sold the collection to MOA.

basketry

Embroidered basketry patterns on cloth. Two roughly square sections of burlap stitched together to create a rectangular piece covered with multicoloured, zoomorphic, cross-stitch embroidery. Images include: deer, a butterfly, a dog, a whale-like figure, several birds, and a beaver-like figure.