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This large spruce root berry basket with the four tabs was made by Mrs. Mary Miller, a Thlingit Indian woman in Juneau, Alaska in 1906. Mrs. Miller gave this basket to her daughter, Mrs. Mary Skeek. Mrs. Skeek, whose birth date is 9-30-83, was married in Kake, Alaska and resides there now with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George Skeek (Helen). Purchased from Mrs. Helen Skeek, Kake, Alaska July 1967.
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SITKA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK -ACCESSION 80
BORHAUER BASKET COLLECTION
Doris Borhauer's Basket Notes
These notes are as written by Doris Borhauer, including the historic way “Tlingit” is written.
© Sitka Tribe of Alaska - Pictures taken by Helen Dangel
 
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