Ed Carriere in the Artist Studio

Photo: Stuart Isett
Photo: Stuart Isett
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Date & Time

Sunday, November 16, 2025
10 a.m – 5 p.m.

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4303 Memorial Way NE
Seattle, WA, United States

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Ed Carriere will demonstrate the construction of nettle fiber duck and gill nets. He will also make split cedar limb/root fish traps, shrimp traps, and/or eel traps.

Ed's visit to the Artist Studio is part of Archaeology Family Day. A 2,000-year-old archaeological basketry fragment from the Burke collections and Ed's replica basket will be displayed in the Artist Studio.

About Archaeology Family Day

Learn about ancient technologies, identify animal bones, sort shells, watch a flintknapping (stone tool making) demonstration, and more! 

Learn more

 

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ed carriere stands on the shore of puget sound looking out at the water while holding a basket on his back
Photo: Stuart Isett
Photo: Stuart Isett

Ed Carriere, a master Suquamish basketmaker, carries a classic burden basket he wove from cedar roots with handles and head strap made from cedar bark and wool. Carriere’s home lies along the shores of Puget Sound in Washington state.

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detail of Ed Carriere's hands as he weaves
Photo: Stuart Isett
Photo: Stuart Isett

Carriere, 84, has been weaving since 1948.

ed carriere and dale croes
Ed Carriere (left) and Dale Croes hold copies of the books they co-authored.
About the Artist

In July 2022, in part because of his replication of ancient Salish Sea archaeological basketry, Ed Carriere was awarded the Native-based Community Spirit Award by the First Peoples Fund, honoring artists who embody their People's cultural assets in their creations and their way of life. In March of 2023, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) honored him as one of its 2023 National Heritage Fellows, recipients of our nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. In February 2023, reflecting the science side of the work, Carriere and long-time collaborator and friend Dale Croes were awarded the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Award for Excellence in Archaeological Analysis, demonstrating their synergy of culture and science produces much more than either one does separately. In recognition of these national awards, their book, Re-Awakening Ancient Salish Sea Basketry: Fifty Years of Basketry Studies in Culture and Science, is now issued as a special hard cover edition by JONA. To learn more, please visit the JONA Spotlight page.

 

About the Books

Ed Carriere and Dale Croes have two books available for purchase online.

Reawakening Ancient Salish Sea Basketry: Fifty Years of Basketry Studies in Culture and Science, 2018

Generationally-Linked Archaeology: "Living Off the Land" for 4,000 Years on the Salish Sea, 2025

 

ed carriere with a duck nettle

Ed Carriere, Suquamish Elder, collects clams with two traditional clam baskets. He is at Jefferson Head, a beach down from his home allotment in Indianola, Washington. Photo provided by Costa Boulsikaris, Woodlander films
ed carriere with a nettle duck net

Ed Carriere, Suquamish Elder, shows an example of a large, rolled up duck net he made for a museum exhibit. Photo: Dale R. Croes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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