Maliseet Artist Aron Griffith Birch Bark Basket Dragonfly with Purple Gal Frey Cape Dorset Ning Ashoona Serpentine

Cape Dorset Ning Ashoona Serpentine Loon Sculpture Inuit Art

5 3/4 inches wide x 5 1/4 inches deep x 4 inches high

A horned toad by Zuni's Kenny Chavez

excluding finial

This is a prime example of Native American art

Maliseet Artist Aron Griffith Birch Bark Basket Dragonfly with Purple Gal Frey Cape Dorset Ning Ashoona SerpentineAron 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. Dragonflies have long been of interest in Native American culture. Among characteristics they represent are speed and agility. The bands of ash wood on the basket are dyed purple,