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Birch Bark Basket
- Material
- WOOD-BARK (BIRCH);
- Description
- A tapered birch bark basket made with one peice of birch bark. The square bottom has been shaped by cutting a triangular section out on two ends, which have then been folded up and secured inside the basket with a narrow bark or leather lacing. These ends have been folded up after the two ends hav…
- Category
- DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSPORTATION OBJECTS
- Sub-Category
- CONTAINER
- Description
- A tapered birch bark basket made with one peice of birch bark. The square bottom has been shaped by cutting a triangular section out on two ends, which have then been folded up and secured inside the basket with a narrow bark or leather lacing. These ends have been folded up after the two ends have been sewn together. The rounded top of the basket is trimmed with an overhanded style of stitching.
- Material
- WOOD-BARK (BIRCH);
- Height
- 9
- Diameter
- 30.5
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 2013.30.7
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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