Classic Baskets from Hooper Bay

	Softly Silk Studio

Classic Baskets from Hooper Bay - Alaska

These Ladies hand-weave these delicate baskets & fans,
hand-stitch the moose & seal hides as their ancestors have
done. Pauline is originally from Hooper Bay & has passed
her traditions & knowledge to her daughter Barbara. The
beach grass is collected by hand, the dyes used are
traditional - blueberry, alder leaves and other plants.


Barbara Jones Pauline Williford

Finely made one-of-a-kind baskets, 'Eskimo' Yoyos and Dance Fans

Hand made Baskets with a variety of designs & colors

Baskets - Designs & Colors Vary
Sizes: 2" wide to 4" high
2" wide to 4" wide
from $190*

Dance Fans - used to emphasize parts of the story-dance being told by the drums & other dancers

Woven with beach grass & trimmed
w/ Caribou or Fox or Wolverine Fur
4" to 6" diameter $88*

Seal Fur, Moose hide & Baleen finger tab with some beading "Eskimo" Yoyo $40*	Littlest Basket of All 1½" x 1½" $50*	Multi-Stripe Basket 2½" x 3" $200*

Small Caribou Basket
5½" (high) x 5" (diameter)... $700*

Larger Basket
3½" x 3" $300*

Traditional Dyes

Ms Pauline Williford, with some supplies for her Basket Artistry

Pauline stands in front of Softly Silk
(with Mount Marathon in background) holding the traditional "makings"
for one of the baskets on this page:
wild berries and Hooper Bay grass
(when split it has a fine texture)

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