Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID Number |
2011.007.002 |
Artist |
Deacon, Edna |
Title |
Birch Bark Basket |
Date |
2007 |
Medium |
Birch bark / spruce root |
Dimensions (H x W x D) |
2.5" x 9.25" x 9.25" |
Credit Line |
The George and Colleen Hoyt Weaving Arts Acquisition Fund |
Culture |
North American / United States / Alaska / Athabascan |
Collection |
Native American Art Collection |
Object Name |
Basketry |
Description |
A broad, shallow basket of birch bark with a woven rim. The basket is made from a solid piece of bark that that been cut in four places, shaped, and the sewn into a bowl shape using undyed spruce root fiber. The rim of the basket is reinforced with two rows of running stitches, and then decorated with two courses of spruce root fiber that has been dyed (red, blue, green, and yellow) and woven in a repeating pattern. |