Description:
Spruce Root Basket Start, 1985
Selina Peratrovich
Haida
Demonstration piece of a twine spruce root basket start. The bottom is complete and the sides are unfinished. Instructors often use examples, like this basket start, to teach students weaving techniques.
Ketchikan Museums: Tongass Historical Society Collection
THS 87.1.12.43
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Basket start exterior
Basket start interior
Basket start exterior detail
Basket start interior detail
Three strand twine detail - interior
Three strand twine detail - exterior
Basket start with CM ruler
Basket start exterior
Basket start interior
Basket start exterior detail
Basket start interior detail
Three strand twine detail - interior
Three strand twine detail - exterior
Basket start with CM ruler