Birch Bark Basket with Single Diamond Pattern

Birch Bark Basket with Single Diamond Pattern
birch bark, split willow, spruce root
4"h x 10.5" top dia x 9" bottom dia

Mollie Mae Geffe, Inupiaq, from Kotzebue, Alaska, created this birch bark basket.  It is round with a slight flare to the sides; double rim rod of split willow on both rim and base; sides are a single diamond pattern formed by alternating out- and inside of bark strips. The basket features a double bottom; rim bands; sewn with spruce root and the base has cotton line interlaces with spruce root for added strength.

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