Basket Item Number: 2001-26/1 from the The Burke: University of Washington

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The spruce root is natural. The spruce root is dye and black. The paint is red and black.

Exhibit Label

In the Spirit of the Ancestors-The Owl represents one of Jan Criswell's Haida crests. Janice teaches basketry at the University of Alaska Southeast, and is on the Advisory Board of the Bill Holm Center at the Burke Museum. The painting is by her husband, Steve Henrikson, Curator of Collections at the Alaska State Museum.