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1.	[Apple head doll by Laura Wuorinen]	Artisans--Washington (State); Dollmaking; Washington State Folklife Council; Wuorinen, Laura	The image of the logger may appear in the domestic arts made by members of logging families. The late Laura Wuorinen of Naselle made apple head dolls that were unmistakably loggers, note the chalk shoes...

2.	[Basket Weaving by Hazel Underwood]	Artisans - Washington (State); Basket weaving; Washington State Folklife Council; Underwood, Hazel	When Hazel was thirteen, she started trying to make baskets, watching her mother. She learned to make two kinds of baskets, a kind woven with the inner bark from cedar trees, and another consisting of...

3.	[Basket Weaving by Hazel Underwood]	Artisans - Washington (State); Basket weaving; Washington State Folklife Council; Underwood, Hazel	When Hazel was thirteen, she started trying to make baskets, watching her mother. She learned to make two kinds of baskets, a kind woven with the inner bark from cedar trees, and another consisting of...

4.	[Beadwork by Delsie Selam]	Artisans - Washington (State); Beadwork; Folk artists - Washington (State); Washington State Folklife Council; Selam, Delsie	No information given

5.	[Beadwork by Delsie Selam]	Artisans - Washington (State); Beadwork; Folk artists - Washington (State); Washington State Folklife Council; Selam, Delsie	No information given

6.	[Beadwork by Delsie Selam]	Artisans - Washington (State); Beadwork; Folk artists - Washington (State); Washington State Folklife Council; Selam, Delsie	No information given

7.	[Beadwork by Delsie Selam]	Artisans - Washington (State); Beadwork; Folk artists - Washington (State); Washington State Folklife Council; Selam, Delsie	No information given

8.	[Beadwork by Delsie Selam]	Artisans - Washington (State); Beadwork; Folk artists - Washington (State); Washington State Folklife Council; Selam, Delsie	No information given

9.	[Beadwork by Delsie Selam]	Artisans - Washington (State); Beadwork; Folk artists - Washington (State); Washington State Folklife Council; Selam, Delsie	No information given

10.	[Beadwork by Delsie Selam]	Artisans - Washington (State); Beadwork; Folk artists - Washington (State); Washington State Folklife Council; Selam, Delsie	No information given

11.	[Beadwork by Delsie Selam]	Artisans - Washington (State); Beadwork; Folk artists - Washington (State); Washington State Folklife Council; Selam, Delsie	No information given

12.	[Beadwork by Delsie Selam]	Artisans - Washington (State); Beadwork; Folk artists - Washington (State); Washington State Folklife Council; Selam, Delsie	No information given

13.	[Beadwork by Sarah Albert Quampts]	Artisans - Washington (State); Corn in art; Washington State Folklife Council; Quampts, Sarah	The cornhusk bags of Sarah Albert Quampts, are of a very high quality. Cornhusk bags are made by many Plateau Indian peoples. Some are used for ceremonial purposes, and today many are sold to collectors....

14.	[Beadwork by Sarah Albert Quampts]	Artisans - Washington (State); Corn in art; Washington State Folklife Council; Quampts, Sarah	The cornhusk bags of Sarah Albert Quampts, are of a very high quality. Cornhusk bags are made by many Plateau Indian peoples. Some are used for ceremonial purposes, and today many are sold to collectors....

15.	[Beadwork by Sarah Albert Quampts]	Artisans - Washington (State); Corn in art; Washington State Folklife Council; Quampts, Sarah	The cornhusk bags of Sarah Albert Quampts, are of a very high quality. Cornhusk bags are made by many Plateau Indian peoples. Some are used for ceremonial purposes, and today many are sold to collectors....

16.	[Beadwork by Sarah Albert Quampts]	Artisans - Washington (State); Corn in art; Washington State Folklife Council; Quampts, Sarah	The cornhusk bags of Sarah Albert Quampts, are of a very high quality. Cornhusk bags are made by many Plateau Indian peoples. Some are used for ceremonial purposes, and today many are sold to collectors....

17.	[Beadwork by Sarah Albert Quampts]	Artisans - Washington (State); Corn in art; Washington State Folklife Council; Quampts, Sarah	The cornhusk bags of Sarah Albert Quampts, are of a very high quality. Cornhusk bags are made by many Plateau Indian peoples. Some are used for ceremonial purposes, and today many are sold to collectors....

18.	[Beaver carved by Pat I. Gibson]	Artisans--Washington (State); Decoys; Pysanky; Washington State Folklife Council; Gibson, Pat I.	Decoys: The use of decoys to lure waterfowl is believed to be a Native American invention but elaborate carved decoys are mostly made by European-Americans. Today mass-produced decoys of plastic or aluminum...

19.	[Belt by Sarah Albert Quampts]	Artisans - Washington (State); Corn in art; Washington State Folklife Council; Quampts, Sarah	The cornhusk bags of Sarah Albert Quampts, are of a very high quality. Cornhusk bags are made by many Plateau Indian peoples. Some are used for ceremonial purposes, and today many are sold to collectors....

20.	Betty Roberts	Artisans - Washington (State); Folk art; Spinning--wheel; Washington State Folklife Council; Roberts, Betty	Betty Roberts learned wood working from her father, flower preservation from her neighbors. Spinning and weaving Betty learned from living in an area where sheep are raised. she has combined these skills...