Unraveling the History of Baskets July 7, 2011

Alaska Native baskets were important as utilitarian objects, but they were also valued for their beauty and demonstration of weavers' technical skills. Today's baskets are mainly collectable art objects, but they remain a key cultural link between Alaska Native people and their ancestors going back thousands of years. This exhibition presents new research on the Anchorage Museum's Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Yup'ik and Inupiaq baskets.