Moose Atikamekw Rogan birch bark basket Quebec, Canada Native American

13-3/4 inches x 9-1/4 inches

10-1/4 inches high

22-3/4 inches high with strap

Rogans are birch bark baskets made by the Atikamekw in Quebec, Canada.

The baskets were traditionally used by women collecting berries in the forest and for storing food. They are made from birch bark that has been tied together with spruce roots. Most rogans have smoked moose hide straps. Usually, the rogans are decorated with designs of flowers and animals that have been scraped into the bark. Some large containers are used as clothes hampers.

This basket is believed to be made by the Atikamekw tribe

other similar made bark baskets are made by Ojibwa

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