. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 278 KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. Fig. 91 is a border of birch-bark tray from the Upper Yukon River, collected by I. C. Russell. On the upper edge a rod is used for strengthening. It is attached to the margin of bark by means of splint of spruce root. The drawing shows the front and baek of the method of holding the root and bark together. From the back the splint passes from the hole in the bark obliquely oyer the rod, Flii. '.10
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. 278 KEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1902. Fig. 91 is a border of birch-bark tray from the Upper Yukon River, collected by I. C. Russell. On the upper edge a rod is used for strengthening. It is attached to the margin of bark by means of splint of spruce root. The drawing shows the front and baek of the method of holding the root and bark together. From the back the splint passes from the hole in the bark obliquely oyer the rod, Flii. '.10. COILED BORDER ON BARK VESSEL. forward through the ])ark, l)ackward and behind the standing part, over the rod, down and through the same hole, to start another knot. Practically, then, it is a series of single knots, as is shown in the upper openwork drawing. The Indians who make these birch ])askets are called Tinne, or Dene. They live in Central Alaska and belong to the Athapascan family. The specimen is Cat, No. 2lY2I:7, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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