Butch Phillips Penobscot Wabanaki Birch Bark Basket Moose With White Exterior Finish chrysoprase-ring and the use of pyrography

and the use of pyrography to make surface designs is far less common then scratching the surface to reveal the color below

Vinton Kallestewa Lizard

her necklaces do not include mosaic work

A lovely example of the work of NEA National Heritage Fellow Clara Keezer from 1993

Butch Phillips Penobscot Wabanaki Birch Bark Basket Moose With White Exterior Finish chrysoprase-ring and the use of pyrographyButch Phillips Penobscot Wabanaki Birch Bark Basket Moose Penobscot artist Butch Phillips makes canoes and other items from birch bark. While most birch bark containers have the outer bark facing in, this one proudly shows off the white bark on the outside. Sewn onto the white bark are two plaques with etched moose: one on the cover and one on the side. Approximately 5 5 8 inches high x 5 inches diameter