220 Seed Bead Basket

Description

This lidded basket has a base and spokes of hand split White Oak, with weavers of Eastern Red Cedar and Black Walnut inner bark. The shiny greenish twined rows are of Rattlesnake Master leaves, a tall-grass prairie plant, once commonly found in Missouri. The feet are Sibucau seed beads from the rain forest. The central ring of seed beads includes Kentucky Coffee Tree beans, Pawpaw, Persimmon, and Royal Poinciana seeds, and bone beads. All materials for this basket were harvested, prepared, and created entirely by hand, from the standing trees and plants to the finished basket.