Maliseet Artist Aron Griffith Birch Bark Basket with Etched Fiddlehead Ferns Rain God and other materials

and other materials

Necklace is adjustable by choosing different links on the chain from 26 1/2 inches to 31 inches

From the 3rd quarter of the 20th century

Fruit and vegetable baskets have long been popular among Wabanaki basket weavers

Maliseet Artist Aron Griffith Birch Bark Basket with Etched Fiddlehead Ferns Rain God and other materialsAron 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. The fiddlehead ferns adorning this basket are in the process of unfurling in the spring. This is the stage at which the ferns are collected as food. They have been a staple of