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Sitka National Historical Park
Borhauer Basket Collection
The park's museum curator arranges a display of baskets

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The park museum curator, Sue Thorsen, arranges a display of baskets from the Doris Borhauer collection.

The Doris Borhauer Basket Collection is comprised of 92 spruce root baskets created by Tlingit and Haida weavers from Southeast Alaska. The National Park Service purchased the collection from Doris Borhauer in 1970. Typically, only a portion of the collection is on display at any one time due to limited display space within the park. 

You can view the entire collection in an on-line searchable database hosted by the Alaska Native Knowledge Network. The photographs and notes in the database were compiled by the Sitka Tribe of Alaska through a Historic Preservation Grant from the National Park Service.

Painting of Tlingit warriors  

Did You Know?
The Battle of 1804 marked the beginning of Russian governance in Alaska. All that remains of this last major conflict between Europeans and Alaska Natives is a clearing at the site of the Tlingit fort and battlefield.

Last Updated: March 17, 2009 at 19:56 EST