Introduction
This is a fish skin basket made by the contemporary artist Fran Reed. Can you see the fins and tail of a fish in this basket? Look at the transparency of the salmon and the pigskin. The shape of the basket indicates that it was made as an artwork rather than as a traditional basket.

For many centuries women have made waterproof bowls, windows, and even rain parkas out of the gut skins and the outer skins of animals. What materials would you use to make a basket?