Wabanaki Baskets Penobscot Erica Menard Braided Sweetgrass 2 Fred Harvey 11 1/2" x 9 1/2"

11 1/2" x 9 1/2" x 2"

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Wabanaki Baskets Penobscot Erica Menard Braided Sweetgrass 2 Fred Harvey 11 1/2" x 9 1/2"Wabanaki Baskets Penobscot Erica Menard Braided Sweetgrass 2 Erica Menard, Penobscot artist, apprenticed with her cousin Theresa Secord, founding director of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance. Ms. Secord taught her well, as Erica has become a fine weaver in her own right. This basket has a good quantity of braided sweetgrass, a time consuming process that adds a lot of beauty to the finished product. Materials: black ash, sweetgrass, dyes. 5