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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 344186, member: 55"]I'd say pine needle basketry; and the web-like design is called a "Tenerife" style rosette. The tenerife refers to the Canary Islands (thanks to Taupou for what I remember of this) which was the original source of basketry styles adopted by several US Native tribes. As mentioned, the styles have been so widely used that one cannot say that a particular item is or is not native-made, unless one happens to have some provenance.</p><p>I've never seen beadwork added to the rosette....but there are a lot of things I've never seen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 344186, member: 55"]I'd say pine needle basketry; and the web-like design is called a "Tenerife" style rosette. The tenerife refers to the Canary Islands (thanks to Taupou for what I remember of this) which was the original source of basketry styles adopted by several US Native tribes. As mentioned, the styles have been so widely used that one cannot say that a particular item is or is not native-made, unless one happens to have some provenance. I've never seen beadwork added to the rosette....but there are a lot of things I've never seen.[/QUOTE]
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