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Mariia Chechulina describes her basket.

"My mother made this basket. She taught me, and I learned from her. Look, with these simple threads. They are made from the outer layer of fireweed. They’re also dyed, like this one here, which is dyed black. She wove the basket in the 1940s."

Recorded by Erich Kasten. Karaga, 2002.