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Object #     2000-81/1
Object name     Basket
Culture of Origin     Kaigani Haida, Hydaburg
Maker or Artist     LaVerne R. Edenshaw
Materials     Cedar Bark, Cedar Bark, Dye
Techniques     Dyed, Plaited, Plain Twined, Triple Twined
Exhibit Label    

A new generation of weavers is at work. LaVerne Edenshaw is
learning to weave from her aunt, Christine R. Peele Tolson, in
Hydaburg, Alaska. This yellow cedar bark basket is the fifth
basket she made, and was woven during the summer of 2000.
The diagonal pattern is the "strawberry" design. LaVerne's
grandparents are Freda and Sylvester Peele. Her
great-grandparents were William and Nora (Edenshaw) Cogo,
and her great-great-grandparents were Isabella and Charles
Edenshaw [see the Isabella Edenshaw hat in the "Studying
Baskets" area].

Source     Mr. John A. Putnam
Location     Hydaburg


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