Birchbark, Beads and Continuing Traditions


Birchbark wastebasket, ca. 1900

Birchbark wastebasket, ca. 1900
Item 23495   info
Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine

Naturally waterproof, odorless and resistant to insects, bark could be cut into any shape, bent, folded and sewn with spruce root and decorated with etched designs or porcupine quills.

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