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Metadata
Title |
Spruce Root rattle top basket |
Object # |
68.9.6.3 A&B |
Object Name |
Basket & Lid, Tlingit |
Date |
1900-1968 |
Artist |
Unknown |
Description |
Spruce Root rattle top basket 14.5 cm across base, 8.2 cm high 16 cm max width. Base under and under part of rattle in cover "Between" weave main basket and cover "Close -together" work with woven design of "rough like skin of a frogs back" as a skip-stitch cross with labret design in grass fern frond pattern on top of cover in plain an dyed grass border in cross and labret maiden hair fern used with grass on dyed or smoked spruce root background edge of design defined with one row of strawberry weave. VMC Century - 20 Period - Tlingit A. Basket B. Lid |
Material |
Spruce Root/Fern |
Dimensions |
H-4.375 Dia-6.25 inches |
Dimension Details |
A. Basket: 3.625" H x 5.813" Dia B. Lid: 1.813" H x 6.25" Dia Old dimensions: 14.5 cm at base x 8.2 HEIGHT Portion: base 16 cm at widest point |
People |
Zollman, Ernestine |
Search Terms |
Northwest Coast Basket Basketry Wrangell, Alaska Tlingit |
Credit line |
Ketchikan Museums: Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 68.9.6.3 A&B |