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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0091-0046   CAS 0091-0046; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Northern Athabascan
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data Vicinity of Fort Egbert and Eagle City
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1901-1903
Collection Name N/A
Materials Birch (Betula sp.) bark; Willow (Salix sp.) shoot and roots
Description Rectangular basket with flat base and vertical sides; Basket is essentially made from a single sheet of birch bark that has been trimmed and folded to shape, with the overlapping joins held in place by a heavy rod that encircles the exterior rim of the basket and is lashed to the sides with a coil-wrapping of willow roots; Natural white exterior of bark faces outward.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 11.0, Width = 22.0, Length = 28.6