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Basket

NameBasket
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
Dimensions2 3/4 × 12 3/16 × 7 11/16 in. (7 × 31 × 19.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Suzi Jones, A.2018.23.3
Object numberA.2018.23.3
DescriptionOval birch bark basket with inner green accent, blue accent, and light colored threaded edge, exterior of basket is white birch
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