DepartmentUnited States & Canada
Basket
NameBasket
Maker
Belle Deacon
(1905 - 1995)
CultureDeg Hit'an (Northern Athabascan)
Date1980 - 1986
(not assigned)Grayling, Alaska, United States, North America
MediumBirch bark, willow root, natural and commercial dyes
Dimensions2 3/16 × 10 5/8 × 5 1/8 in. (5.5 × 27 × 13 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Suzi Jones, A.2018.23.4
Object numberA.2018.23.4
DescriptionBirch bark basket, bent corners, double wrapped rim (white and red). Oval shape.
c. 2014
1920s-1930s
late 19th - early 20th century
c. 2014