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Antique Alaskan Baskets

Written by Publications Staff on November 17, 2011
Terry Williams

These are Tlingit Spruce root baskets from the early 20th. century. Few people make these baskets now as they are so labor intensive. TW   Read more »

Categories: From The Field, Northwest Coast Art

Russina Blues & Shrimp

Written by Publications Staff on August 27, 2011

I have a Tlingit friend in the Yukon that wanted some “Russian Blue” Faceted beads so I thought I would pose with them before I sold them. Russian Blue beads were a medium of exchange in the fur trade and the traders got as much as 20 pelts per bead […] Read more »

Categories: From The Field - Tags: alaska, faceted beads, fur trade, russian blues, russians, yukon

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