Episode Seven: Snakes & Spiders
Pack Baskets in History & Folklore
show notes
A Russian Folk Tale where a pack basket plays a central role, Masha & the Bear
Open-work baskets like this one were made of peeled cedar roots twined with split cedar strips. They were attached to woven tumplines, used as head or shoulder straps, and filled with clams that could be rinsed, allowing the sandy water to run out. Coast Salish Clam basket with woven tumpline. Burke Museum
Burden basket of cherry bark and cedar root with a woven carrying strap or tumpline. Would have been used to carry loads of food or other mateirals on back using a forehead trumpline to distribute weight. Whatcom Museum
Kishies from the book Kishies and Cuddies
Pack Baskets of Shetland
Paiute Baskets from the Great Basin of Turtle Island
Northern Paiute burden basket
ca. 1910
Arizona
Willow, horsehair, wood splints
76 x 71 cm
Mono Paiute Baby Carrier Pack Basket
Willow & Redbud
Bamboo Pack Baskets from Japan
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Click here to learn more about Krampus and how he steals away “bad” little children in his pack basket
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Bibliography
Oein Debhairduin. Why the Moon Travels. Dublin, Skein Press, 2020.
Cort, Louise Allison, and Kenji Nakamura. A Basketmaker in Rural Japan. Weatherhill, Incorporated, 1994.
Hogan, Joe. Basketmaking in Ireland. 2001.
Bichard, Maurice. Baskets in Europe. Abingdon, Fyfield Wick Eds, 2008.
Young, Ed. I, Doko, Philomel, 2004.
Hilbert, Vi. Haboo, University of Washington Press, 2020.
Walpole, Lois. Kishies and Cuddies; A Guide to the Traditional Basketry of Shetland, 2025.
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Music
The Halluci Nation- Electric Pow Wow - Bandcamp
Maura O’Connell- Down by the Sally Gardens - Bandcamp
Ram Thapa- Leykali He He Choyako Doko- https://sacmusicinternational.com
