A NORTHEASTERN BIRCH-BARK BASKET AND A BEADED HIDE SACK

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A NORTHEASTERN BIRCH-BARK BASKET AND A BEADED HIDE SACK

The basket with woven rim, banded with red and blue woven shroud; the sack of buckskin with scalloped rim, a band of black, light blue, translucent red and clear glass beads sinew sewn in alternating circles and stylized flowers connected by a linear element on the body, a row of inverted triangles sinew sewn of black, translucent clear, blue, green and pink beads below a drawstring tie closure, the inside lined with muslin, the first: 13in. (33cm.) long; the second: 9½in. (24.1cm.) high