Object Catalog Record
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Metadata
Title |
Tsimshian red cedar bark basket with handles from Metlakatla, circa 1900 |
Object # |
88.2.8.2 |
Object Name |
Basket, Tsimshian |
Date |
1880-1900 |
Artist |
Unknown |
Description |
Red cedar bark basket with handles and a false embroidered design in the eye and fish weir pattern. Handles made of cedar wrapped twine. False embroidered design with a bar diamond and bar pattern called "eye and fish weir". Rectangular base is plaited, and sides are twined. Century - 19 |
Provenance |
Note: during a research visit in 2024, Delores Churchill and Evelyn Vanderhoop noted this basket was Z twist. 03/06/2024 ERB |
Material |
Red Cedar/Grass/Maidenhair Fern |
Dimensions |
H-7.13 W-9.63 D-8.58 inches |
Dimension Details |
18.11 cm x 24.46 cm x 21.793 cm Portion: TOP |
Search Terms |
Bag(s) Basket Metlakatla Northwest Coast Native Red Cedar Tsimshian Weaving |
Credit line |
Ketchikan Museums, KM 88.2.8.2 |
