Basket
99-12-1
From: Alaska | Koyukon Station | Yukon River
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 99-12-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Athapaskan |
| Provenience | Alaska | Koyukon Station | Yukon River |
| Culture Area | Subarctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Birch Bark | Willow (uncertain) |
| Description | Oval, open-mouthed, low-sided birch bark basket. Foundation of single birch bark piece, folded at four corners. Single rod added to outside of rim, lashed with .3 cm wide willow(?) strips with open stitching, each approximately .5 cm apart. Four small birch bark pieces added to each side at outside rim. White outer surface of bark faces out, interior is inner red surface. |
| Height | 9.9 cm |
| Length | 21.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. Frederica de Laguna, 1999 |
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