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Great Blue Heron: Larger round coiled sweetgrass basket, Paul St. John-Mohawk
Great Blue Heron: Larger round coiled sweetgrass basket, Paul St. John-Mohawk
Great Blue Heron: Larger round coiled sweetgrass basket, Paul St. John-Mohawk
Great Blue Heron: Larger round coiled sweetgrass basket, Paul St. John-Mohawk
Great Blue Heron: Larger round coiled sweetgrass basket, Paul St. John-Mohawk
Great Blue Heron: Larger round coiled sweetgrass basket, Paul St. John-Mohawk

Great Blue Heron: Larger round coiled sweetgrass basket, Paul St. John-Mohawk

$ 83.82

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Modified Item: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Era: current
  • materials: porcupine quill, birchbark, sweetgrass
  • Exact Type: Birchbark/sweetgrass container w/quill design
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • Category: Collectibles
  • Region or Culture: Northeast
  • Condition: New
  • Original or Reproduction: Original
  • Tribal Affiliation: Mohawk
  • Country of Manufacture: United States
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Artisan: Paul St John
  • Restocking Fee: No

    Description

    The stately Great Blue Heron of porcupine quills graces on the lid of this larger round coiled sweetgrass basket by Paul St John, Mohawk craftsman.  The great blue heron is made of 2 shades of blue, yellow and black dyed porcupine quills with some natural white/tan quills on a round of birchbark with a border of natural quill at the exterior.  Paul adds some green and brown dyed quills for the 3 cattails around the heron and more blue dyed quills for the water the heron is fishing in.    Here the birch bark medallion at center of the lid is separated from the coiled tidal sweetgrass by a border of yellow dyed porcine quills. T
    This round basket
    has birch bark at center of lid and used as the bottom -  then co
    iled tidal sweetgrass.  It is 6.5" in diameter and 2.5" high.
    The birch bark medallion at
    center top is 5" in diameter.
    Paul St. John now lives in Maine.  He is an enrolled Mohawk tribal member.   He grew up on the Mohawk lands in New York, his father's homeland.  His mother is Passamaquoddy/MicMac/Maliseet - 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 here but Paul St. John is actively practicing this craft.  -  Passamaquoddy basket makers, Jeremy Frey and Otter, both have used some quill work on their baskets...  but quill work on coiled sweetgrass baskets are Paul St John's specialty.
    Paul is shown in slideshow above with 2 of his works - one of them is a coiled sweetgrass basket with a cardinal.
    Paul has made many quill animals, fox, bear, beaver, deer, wolf, moose - and even more birds, cardinal, eagle, loon, blue jay, hawk, hummingbird, great blue heron, chickadee. I am forgetting some I am sure  - see if your favorite is in this ebay store.
    He not only does sweetgrass coil baskets and porcupine quill work on birch bark -- but also amazing dolls, Iroquois beadwork, MicMac beadwork,  great moccasins, knife sheaths, medicine bags and so much more!  He is truly a man of many (many many) talents!
    Watch this store for more of his pieces.  Can't wait to see what he is going to create next.