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Basket
- Material
- WOOD-BARK (BIRCH);
- Description
- A rust coloured birch bark basket with coloured strips around the rim. Strips are yellow, green, and orange. Very stiff and the sides are folded and sewn with willow root. The rim is reinforced with a wooden support.
- Other Names
- Birchbark basket
- Category
- DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSPORTATION OBJECTS
- Sub-Category
- CONTAINER
- Description
- A rust coloured birch bark basket with coloured strips around the rim. Strips are yellow, green, and orange. Very stiff and the sides are folded and sewn with willow root. The rim is reinforced with a wooden support.
- History Of Use
- Unknown donor. We can only assume it is used to gather berries or for storage, as it is not strong enough for cooking. The coloured strips around the top achieved their colour by dying the strips in berry, vegetable or root juices. Sometimes burying the
- Material
- WOOD-BARK (BIRCH);
- Height
- 19.5
- Width
- 25
- Depth
- 19
- Diameter
- Base: 62
- Circumference
- 84
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Dimension Notes
- base diameter is actually base circumference
- Accession No.
- 1991.137.1
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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