Basket / rraakiq
Dawn Randazzo (Contributor)
Deborah McMullen (Contributor)
Brandon Moonin (Contributor)
Raymond Eric Clock (Contributor)
Pamela Smith (Contributor)
John F.C. Johnson (Contributor)
Deborah McMullen (Contributor)
Brandon Moonin (Contributor)
Raymond Eric Clock (Contributor)
Pamela Smith (Contributor)
John F.C. Johnson (Contributor)
Ethnological Museum of Berlin Repository
The Berlin Ethnological Museum
Grasses and Plant Fiber Heritage Kit
The Berlin Ethnological Museum
Grasses and Plant Fiber Heritage Kit
Dawn Randazzo: Spruce root and grass as the decorative weaver.
Deborah McMullen: Used dye for some of the coloring. Weave on the bottom is thicker than on the side to probably make it stronger. Design on the bottom to help strengthen the basket itself. wondering if they were newly made baskets when Jacobson got them.
Brandon Moonin: rraakiq
Dawn Randazzo: Basket seems to be from Chenega it has the same design as the Chenega bracelets. The zigzag is signature for that community. There is a third weaver and it's added as a design not integral to the structure but woven into the basket.
Pamela Smith: Gather grass in late July, August, Grass about a meter high, You take the layers of the grass apart and you hang it up to dry. You can also use old grass from previous years. You could also use green grass but it needs to be cured before use.
Deborah McMullen: When the grass is about knee high in the middle of summer. You collect the grass to weave. You can also use the grass from the year before. Or the stuff that has fallen to the ground. There are different ways. Spruce root is a lot more work to use than grass.
Dawn Randazzo: The grass has a brittle spine where you use your thumbnail (sharpened nail) to take out the spine before using to weave.
Dawn Randazzo: There are no knots in a basket. You take the thick part and line up with the thin parts of the grass and it’s woven into each other.
Raymond Eric Clock: The technology developed in the area before the white man came was highly developed. From watertight baskets to specific qayaq designs.
Pamela Smith: They would take bottles and weave around the bottles.
John Johnson: The baskets are so well made that they are waterproof. Add hot stones and you can boil the water.
Dawn Randazzo: I haven't seen any baskets here from the Chugach region that are fully made of grass. Most are made from spruce root. The Aleutian baskets we saw were all made fully from grass. Spruce root must have been the preferred material for weaving in our region.
Deborah McMullen: Used dye for some of the coloring. Weave on the bottom is thicker than on the side to probably make it stronger. Design on the bottom to help strengthen the basket itself. wondering if they were newly made baskets when Jacobson got them.
Brandon Moonin: rraakiq
Dawn Randazzo: Basket seems to be from Chenega it has the same design as the Chenega bracelets. The zigzag is signature for that community. There is a third weaver and it's added as a design not integral to the structure but woven into the basket.
Pamela Smith: Gather grass in late July, August, Grass about a meter high, You take the layers of the grass apart and you hang it up to dry. You can also use old grass from previous years. You could also use green grass but it needs to be cured before use.
Deborah McMullen: When the grass is about knee high in the middle of summer. You collect the grass to weave. You can also use the grass from the year before. Or the stuff that has fallen to the ground. There are different ways. Spruce root is a lot more work to use than grass.
Dawn Randazzo: The grass has a brittle spine where you use your thumbnail (sharpened nail) to take out the spine before using to weave.
Dawn Randazzo: There are no knots in a basket. You take the thick part and line up with the thin parts of the grass and it’s woven into each other.
Raymond Eric Clock: The technology developed in the area before the white man came was highly developed. From watertight baskets to specific qayaq designs.
Pamela Smith: They would take bottles and weave around the bottles.
John Johnson: The baskets are so well made that they are waterproof. Add hot stones and you can boil the water.
Dawn Randazzo: I haven't seen any baskets here from the Chugach region that are fully made of grass. Most are made from spruce root. The Aleutian baskets we saw were all made fully from grass. Spruce root must have been the preferred material for weaving in our region.
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