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Start Over Culture or time period North American native cultures Materials Birch bark (plant material)
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4042, described as Stone adze with birch bark handle, rawhide hafting with wood wedge underneath. Some redstained sections on the handle.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6597, described as Sea otter dart shaft; wood carved to a circular section, proximal end broken; at distal end bone socket with a very fine sinew winding wrapped on top of a layer of birch bark; wrapped on shaft, remnants of dart line made of braided sinew fibers, cut at end probably to remove dart head, now missing.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket with lid, accession number 2-72217a,b, described as Birch bark basket decorated on top and around sides of basket and lid with porcupine quill work. Top has a band of starburst and bundled sheaves done with quills, surrounding quilled maple leaf. Lid and basket are finished with bundles of grass sewed at edges. Basket = a, lid = b. Made by Eagle Commercial Company, Eagle, Alaska.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bowl, accession number 2-58521, described as Birchbark container. Round with square base, curvilinear designs on exterior in natural red with scraped away light brown ground.
Hearst Museum object titled Box and lid, accession number 2-19026a,b, described as a) Cylindrical birch-bark box, porcupine quill embroidery. b) Cover. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.
Hearst Museum object titled Canoe, accession number 2-9201, described as Birchbark canoe
Hearst Museum object titled Canoe, accession number 2-6351, described as Birchbark canoe.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 2-58520a-c, described as Made of birch-bark with dyed porcupine quillwork in faded yellow, green and purple; oval. a) Base: zigzag quill designs. b) Liner, sewn oval of birch-bark. c) Cover: birch-bark with abstracted floral quill designs.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Shed model, accession number 2-6420, described as Model of wooden shed raised on poles. Gable roof made of birch bark; vertical planks on ends, horizontal planks on sides; square plank suspended from horizontal pole across one end; corner poles rising above ridge of roof with cross pieces for fish drying.

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