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Expert Teaches Cedar Bark Weaving Skills

 

March 30, 2004
Tuesday


Ketchikan, Alaska - The pleasant, pungent smell of cedar bark filled the Totem Heritage Center in March as 13 students, from beginners to advanced weavers, worked on hats, clam baskets, and other weaving projects under the expert guidance of instructor Diane Douglas-Willard. Cedar bark and spruce root weaving are among the many traditional techniques taught in the Totem Heritage Center's internationally recognized Northwest Coast Native Arts program.

 


Totem Heritage Center instructor Diane Douglas-Willard demonstrates a weaving technique to students during one of the class sessions. (L-R) Yasha Jaffuel, Catherine Young, Diane Douglas-Willard, Evelyn Voorhees-Brown, and Laverne John.
Photo Courtesy Ketchikan Museums

 

Sylvia Thompson weaves a cedar bark hat.
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Miriam Kotlarov puts an ending on the rim of her clam basket.
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Glenda Kilgore weaves the lid for her rattle-top basket.
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Evelyn Voorhees-Brown works on her clam basket.
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The finished products of a very successful cedar bark weaving class.
Photo Courtesy Ketchikan Museums


 

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