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Metadata
Title |
Red cedar bark basket with lid false embroidered design |
Object # |
63.9.1.2 A&B |
Object Name |
Basket & Lid, NWC Native |
Date |
1900-1960 |
Artist |
Unknown |
Description |
Red cedar bark basket with lid false embroidered design Twined cedar bark cylinder with grass. All in "close-together-work" false embroidery, the design is done in gold and green basket "blanket border pattern with two bands of 3 rows strawberry weave. The lid has 2 bands of three rows of strawberry weave. Instead of knob the lid has a finger hole. Both borders have warps folded to outside. Century - 20 |
Material |
Red Cedar Bark/Grass |
Dimensions |
H-3.583 W-5 Dia-5.7 inches |
Dimension Details |
with lid 9.1 cm x 14.47 cm diameter lid; base 10.16 cm |
People |
Blazek, Joe Blazek, Marietta |
Search Terms |
Cedar Red Cedar Grass Embroidery Weaving Basket Twining Tsimshian Tlingit Northwest Coast Art Northwest Coast Native Northwest Coast Native Native Alaska Native Alaskan Native Art Native Culture Alaska Native |
Credit line |
Ketchikan Museums: Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 63.9.1.2 A&B |