Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0507-0004 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| 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; Wire | |
| Description | Deep ovoid basket with flattened base and flaring sides, essentially made from a single sheet of birch bark that has been trimmed and folded to shape and the overlapping joins secured with lashings of willow roots; Natural white exterior surface of the bark is turned outward; 3 separate bark strips overlap each other around exterior of rim to provide additional support and are secured with a single willow (?) shoot which is coil-wrapped with willow roots; Small square hole is cut into center of base, most likely to allow for straining of foods or liquids; Thin wire loops threaded through two corners at the rim (holes indicate similar loops were also in the other two corners) may have support a handle originally or provided a means for suspending strainer. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 13.2, Max Diam = 23.2 | |