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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9497697, member: 8267"]Having recently misidentified a basket with similar technique, I was reluctant to jump in. But seeing no one else has helped yet, I will try.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your basket is made with the coiling technique, and so would not be described as having spokes or stakes. From what I can see in your photos, it looks like a single "rod" is used as the foundation for the spiral coil. (Other types of coiled baskets may use multiple rods, or bundles of grass or other fibers as the foundation.) A separate stitching element holds the coils together. In this basket, a spaced stitching pattern is used that wraps around the entire foundation coil. (In other methods, the stitches may pierce portions of the previous coil, or interlock between coils.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The materials used look like willow or root - they have a woody appearance (possibly split?) and, most distinctively, I can see small pits on the surface of the stitches. These could be either leaf scars in the case of willow rods ("withies" - 1 year growth of domesticated basketry willow), or root scars in the case of birch or conifer roots. Both types of material have been traditionally used in European basketry, with roots more common in the more northerly countries. However, willow has been used for basketry wherever it grows.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a modern Sami basket made of birch root for comparison -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]448020[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]448022[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]448024[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1340360900/handmade-sami-birch-root-basket?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1340360900/handmade-sami-birch-root-basket?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/1340360900/handmade-sami-birch-root-basket?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Yours is an interesting little basket. While many Native American groups made coiled baskets of various materials, and used wild willow (usually in a smaller size than in this basket), you rarely see the same spaced stitch technique in their work. I don't think yours is Native American.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 9497697, member: 8267"]Having recently misidentified a basket with similar technique, I was reluctant to jump in. But seeing no one else has helped yet, I will try. Your basket is made with the coiling technique, and so would not be described as having spokes or stakes. From what I can see in your photos, it looks like a single "rod" is used as the foundation for the spiral coil. (Other types of coiled baskets may use multiple rods, or bundles of grass or other fibers as the foundation.) A separate stitching element holds the coils together. In this basket, a spaced stitching pattern is used that wraps around the entire foundation coil. (In other methods, the stitches may pierce portions of the previous coil, or interlock between coils.) The materials used look like willow or root - they have a woody appearance (possibly split?) and, most distinctively, I can see small pits on the surface of the stitches. These could be either leaf scars in the case of willow rods ("withies" - 1 year growth of domesticated basketry willow), or root scars in the case of birch or conifer roots. Both types of material have been traditionally used in European basketry, with roots more common in the more northerly countries. However, willow has been used for basketry wherever it grows. Here is a modern Sami basket made of birch root for comparison - [ATTACH=full]448020[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448022[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]448024[/ATTACH] [URL]https://www.etsy.com/listing/1340360900/handmade-sami-birch-root-basket?show_sold_out_detail=1&ref=nla_listing_details[/URL] Yours is an interesting little basket. While many Native American groups made coiled baskets of various materials, and used wild willow (usually in a smaller size than in this basket), you rarely see the same spaced stitch technique in their work. I don't think yours is Native American.[/QUOTE]
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