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Detail image of baskets.

Basketmakers

Wastebasket made of birchbark with etched designs of double curves and plants.

Birchbark Artists

Image of a beaded pouch with floral motif.

Beadworkers

Image of the end of a wooden handle with chip-carved teepees and plant motifs.

Carvers

Black and white image of an elderly woman sitting in a museum with an in-progress basket on her lap. She is surrounded by finished baskets.

Elders

Image of a basket shaped like an acorn with etched birchbark and a bone handle.

Transcending Traditions