DepartmentUnited States & Canada
Basket
NameBasket
Maker
Belle Deacon
(1905 - 1995)
CultureDeg Hit'an (Northern Athabascan)
Date1980 - 1986
Place madeGrayling, Alaska, United States, North America
MediumBirch bark, willow root, natural and commercial dyes
Dimensions2 3/8 × 9 7/16 × 6 11/16 in. (6 × 24 × 17 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Suzi Jones, A.2018.23.5
Object numberA.2018.23.5
DescriptionOval birch bark basket with inner blue accent, basket edge has red, blue, and off-white accents, exterior of basket is white birch
c. 2014
c. 2014
c. 2014
1920s-1930s