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Spruce Root | Unsplit2.5E1623
Basket25.0/180

25.0/181

Culture
Haida
Material
spruce root, twine and cotton
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Basket25.0/179
Dipper2.5E1487
Basket Lid2.5E1099
Bentwood Halibut Hook637

Halibut are flat fish that feed close to the bottom at offshore banks, and which can attain a weight of two hundred pounds. They are powerful, and Indian fishermen in their small canoes, often far from land, took care not to catch one that was too big to handle. The hooks were size-selective, too large for small fish and too small for those of unmanageable size. Halibut hooks of the Makah and their neighbors, for whom the fish was a staple of life, were of graceful U-form, bent of wood and armed with a barb of bone, or later, iron. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

Culture
Makah
Material
wood, spruce root, bone and sinew
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Basket2.5E1224

2.5E1225

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, bear grass and dye
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Basketry Wallet25.0/381

25.0/383

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root and bear grass
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Basketry Start1156
Basket1-142

The spruce root is natural and purple. The grass is purple, red, and yellow.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root and grass
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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