Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0507-0003 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket strainer | |
| Culture | Northern Athabascan | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada or USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Northwest Territories or Alaska | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Birch (Betula sp.) bark; Willow (Salix sp.) shoot and roots | |
| Description | Very large basket with square base and flaring sides that rise to a very wide and nearly round mouth; Basket is essentially made from a single large sheet of birch bark that has been trimmed and folded to shape, with the overlapping joins at the ends lashed together with willow roots; Natural white color of exterior of bask faces outward; Exterior of rim is reinforced with 6 separate and overlapping birch bark strips and a single but heavy willow rod which are secured to the rim with a coil-wrapping of willow roots; Four small holes cut into base of basket (1 near each corner) indicate use as a strainer or sieve. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 14.8, Max Diam = 34.8 | |