Maliseet Artist Aron Griffith Small Floral Birch Bark Basket with Purple banded agate The colors in this basket

The colors in this basket are very bright and cheerful

perhaps naively

which primarily consists of shell beads of various colours

Cliff Fragua Dove Sculpture

Maliseet Artist Aron Griffith Small Floral Birch Bark Basket with Purple banded agate The colors in this basketAron Griffith, Maliseet artist, creates birch bark baskets and mother earth effigies from birch bark, adorned with animals, plants, and traditional Wabanaki designs. The birch tree has long provided Northeast Woodland Indians with material for containers as well as canoes. Woodland tribes have long used floral designs in their work. The bands of ash wood on the basket are dyed purple, for a striking look. 4 7 8 inches diameter x 8 inches high