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Woven grass and spruce-root fiber baskets are a woman's art. Some old baskets were tight enough to hold water. Others were for storing plant foods, fish, clothing, and household goods. Dyes for coloring baskets were made from berries, barks, and minerals. Photograph by C. Chesek. Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History