April 23, 2024
CROW of Porcupine Quill on SQ top Coiled Sweetgrass Basket: Paul St John, Mohawk
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On this square topped basket the lid features a strolling crow of porcupine quills . Paul St John's porcupine quill work is beautiful - with accurately detailed c reatures and tec hnically excellent c raft smanship - The quill work crow is on a birchbark medallion at the center of a square overhanging lid on a basket of co iled tidal sweetgrass. The basket also has birchbark at bottom center It is 6.5" square on the top and 5.5" square on the bottom and 2.75" high. The birch bark medallion at center top is 4 .75 " sq uare . There is a lovely braided border of tidal s weetgrass around the lid's birchbark medallion. Paul has signed the inner lid - his intertwined initials over a sun symbol. Paul St. John lives in Maine, his mother is Passamaquoddy. He grew up on the Mohawk lands in New York, his father's homeland. - When I saw his work I knew immediately I needed to offer his great baskets. While quill work and coiled sweetgrass baskets are historically Maine Indian traditional crafts, currently no one but Paul St. John is actively practicing th1s craft. - Passamaquoddy basketmakers, Jeremy Frey and Otter, both have used some quill work on their baskets... but quill work and coiled sweetgrass baskets are only done by Paul St John. Other Paul St John items are available in this store - including several quill/sweetgrass baskets each
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