2022-07-162022-07-16NA 228https://hdl.handle.net/10177/19933Found in world art traditions for thousands of years, the symbol in this turn of the twentieth-century basket is referred to by American Indian artists as the ""friendship"" design rather than the ""swastika"" design (the latter term is derived from the Sanskrit word for ""well-being""). When the friendship design, widely distributed in American Indian art, was appropriated by the Nazis, their use of it was condemned by many tribes during and after World War II; they considered it a desecration of their ancient symbol of friendship and abundance.WashingtonImage2" x 4" x 4"BasketryCedar bark,bottom sedge(scirpus microcarpa),non-native raffia palm&commercialdye,beargrassFor use information see: http://www.willamette.edu/arts/hfma/collections/copyright.html