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Object #     25.0/146
Object name     Basket
Culture of Origin     Chinook, Chehalis (Tribe)
Maker or Artist     Patty George, Attributed
Materials     Cattail, Bear Grass, Maidenhair Fern, Seagrass
Techniques     Plain Twined, Triple Twined, Wrapped Twined
Dimensions     H: 3.5 in, Diam: 4 in
Exhibit Label    

"In Chinook they would strip the great big roots off of the spruce trees and those were the roots they took and made waterproof baskets with... But that was how and why they were coming up to the beach was to get the spruce roots to make waterproof baskets."
Anna May Strong, Chinook Elder, Public History PDX

Source     UW Anthropology Department
Location     Mouth of Columbia River, Washington State
Credit     Gift of Henry & Mabel MacGowan


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