In buying, trade, or gift economies, Native artists produce works that sometimes reflect aesthetic preferences of an outside market, whether within Native communities or between Native and other buyers.
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Chumash artist
Basket, about 1825
- Sumac, dyed black juncus, golden juncus

Barbara D. Francis (Penobscot, birth 1957)
Basket, 2005
- Sweet grass, ash

School of T. Joseph (Passamaquoddy)
Wastebasket, 1910-1920
- Birchbark, wood