Thursday, November 11, 2010

How a spruce-root basket is made

In the right season, the women would go into the forest and gather spruce-roots. Once they were all gathered, the women would make a fire. The fire was used to heat up the root, so that it was easier to take off the bark. Then they would take off the outer bark. The inner-root would be the only part being weaved to make the basket. Women would also dye some of the root to make the basket colorful or to tell a story. The women would sit among each other while they weaved. They would talk and tell stories to one another. It sounds like a very easy process, but the hours put into gathering and weaving a basket is more than you probably think.  

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