DepartmentUnited States & Canada
Set of nesting baskets
NameBaskets
Maker
Belle Deacon
(1905 - 1995)
CultureDeg Hit'an (Northern Athabascan)
Dateca. 1980-1986
Place madeGrayling, Alaska, United States, North America
MediumBirch bark, willow root, natural and commercial dyes
DimensionsA: 3 15/16 × 9 1/16 × 9 7/16 in. (10 × 23 × 24 cm)
B: 3 1/8 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (8 × 19 × 19 cm)
C: 2 3/8 × 5 7/8 × 5 1/2 in. (6 × 15 × 14 cm)
B: 3 1/8 × 7 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (8 × 19 × 19 cm)
C: 2 3/8 × 5 7/8 × 5 1/2 in. (6 × 15 × 14 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Suzi Jones, A.2018.23.2a-c
Object numberA.2018.23.2a-c
DescriptionThree piece nesting baskets, (A) birch bark basket folded at four corners on inside, white birch exterior, edge of basket has interwoven dyed edge in purple, white, yellow, red, and black (B) smaller, nested, birch bark basket folded at four corners on inside, white birch exterior, edge of basket has interwoven dyed edge in black, white, and yellow (C) smallest, nested, birch bark basket folded at four corners on inside, white birch exterior, edge of basket has interwoven dyed edge in white, green, red, and black
c. 2014
c. 2014
c. 2014
