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- 2Handicraft - Finland
- 1Backpacks - woven birch bark
- 1Birch bark weaving
- 1Footwear - Sointula Finnish utopian society
- 1Shoes - woven birch bark
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2016-06-18
Weaving functional objects from birch bark is a traditional craft in Finland and other Northern European countries. These woven birch bark shoes and backpack (see related link) were donated to the Sointula Museum by the Renwell Family. The Sointula Museum holds artifacts and archival documents...
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.jpg "Woven birch bark backpack held at the Museum in Sointula, B.C.")
2016-06-18
This birch bark backpack, along with a pair of woven birch bark shoes were donated to the Sointula Museum by the Renwell Family. The Sointula Museum holds artifacts and archival documents relating to the Finnish utopian community which was started on Malcolm Island, British Columbia in 1909.