HUMMINGBIRD: 4" round coil sweetgrass basket w/porcupine quill: P St John-Mohawk

Description

A hovering ruby throated hummingbird is atop this basket by Paul St John, Mohawk.
This is the 2nd 4" round ruby throated hummingbird basket  I have offered by Paul.  Each one is different.   -
The hummingbird of natural white with variegated green, solid red and solid black dyed quills is on a round birch bark medallion at the center of the coiled sweetgrass lid.
This round basket
has birch bark at center of lid and used as the bottom -  then co
iled tidal sweetgrass.  It is  4" in diameter and 2.5" high.  The birch bark medallion at center top is 2.75" in diameter.  The birch bark has at it's outer edge a border of natural porcupine quill.
The ruby throated hummingbird is one of Paul's most beloved quill creations.  This one is a beauty!
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 side facing cardinal.   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.