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Rooted in Tradition: Creating a Native Woodland Bark Basket
$40.00
GCC Main Campus
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A Mokok is a northeast woodland Native American style container made of bark stitched with spruce roots. The bottom is rectangular, the top is round or oval. They were originally used to harvest and store food and accoutrements. In this class you will learn to sew with spruce roots that you'll prepare. An inner and outer rim is made by splitting a red osier dogwood stick that is bent gradually. Your finished basket will be unique as all materials are wild. The baskets usually express the maker's personality. You'll go home with a historic container that will last a long time.
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Jennifer Lee has enjoyed making bark baskets for 40 years. Her interest began with the study of her northeast woodland Native American ancestors, and she now teaches bark basket classes and educational programs extensively. The bark, roots and branches she uses are wild-harvested by Jennifer—and sometimes her family—in the Berkshires. She has received awards at the Mohegan Wigwam Festival, Saratoga Native American Festival, Kearsarge Indian Museum, Deerfield Craft Show and North Carolina Basketmakers Association. Jennifer thoroughly enjoys teaching these classes and is grateful that she is able to do so.
