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Title:
Delores Churchill preparing Spruce Root during a Totem Heritage Center Spruce Root Gathering trip, circa 1990s
Photographer:
Museum staff
Description:

Delores Churchill Gathering Spruce Roots

Spruce root basketry is an endangered art form, not only due to the small number of weavers who have mastered the techniques, but also due to the increasingly limited places to harvest the roots.

Ketchikan Museums
KMD 29.1

Collection:
Ketchikan Museums, KMD 29.1
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Delores Churchill preping Spruce rootDelores Churchill preping Spruce root