Aron 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.
This oval shaped covered basket is adorned with dragonflies. Dragonflies have long been of interest in Native American culture. Among characteristics they represent are speed and agility. Braided sweetgrass adorns the bottom of the basket as well as the rim of the cover and the loop in the center.
