Tribal elder Dorothy McKinnon of is recognized in the back of the story ‘My Sisters’ that focuses on Indigenous basketry traditions among Native American tribes in California.
Author and co-wrote the comic story. Sets have been given to schools.

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Suku helmet masks, used in young men’s initiation rites, represent images of their dead elders, and protect the wearers from evil. Democratic Republic of Congo; metal, wood, basketry weave. Cf ⁦

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Woven Ethiopian Basketry
Basket making and use is common throughout the country and baskets often fulfill utilitarian, decorative, and symbolic roles in Ethiopian society, especially in Eastern Ethiopia and the Central and Southern Rift Valleys.

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🌸Continuing w/ here are 2 examples of floral designs on Chippewa basketry. One is made w/ seed beads stitched onto the bark lid of a c1945 sewing basket (INTR 00714). The other is done in quillwork on the birch bark panel of a 1930s wastebasket (INTR 00342).🌼

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Some wonderful woven creations from our juice carton basketry workshop with

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