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)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Suzi Jones, A.2018.23.2a-c

Object numberA.2018.23.2a-c

Collections

United States and Canada

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