Cedar & Sweetgrass Tall Basket, Green & White with Overlay by Vivian Ross (Aleut) SOLD

In this wonderful tall basket by Vivian Ross, alternating bands of green and white sweetgrass are accented with five bands of overlay.  At the top and near the bottom, the overlay is a band of green cattail leaves, and the center and bottom are bands of red cedar bark.

Vivian Ross learned to make baskets from her mother, Anna Benson. Cedar is the basis for almost all of her baskets, that usually begin with a plaited center, and are accented with rows of twined grasses. Viv creates beautiful baskets from natural materials she gathers and prepares, spending months collecting, soaking and trimming the grasses and barks, and curing most of them for three to six months.

Height 8 1/2", width at top 8"