Catalog Number: 2.5e1000
Object Name: Basket
Made By: Tlingit
Used By: Tlingit
Materials: Twined spruce root with bear grass false embroidery
Subject: Geometric
Other Numbers: Accn: 1980-105/68; MOHAI 443/6
Dimensions (metric): Diameter: 20 centimeters, Height: 20.5 centimeters, Weight: 106.00 grams
Dimensions (English): Diameter: 7.87 inches, Height: 8.07 inches, Weight: 3.71oz
Donor: Exchange with the Museum of History and Industry, 1980
Date Received: 1980
Date Made: 19th century
Label: Large Tlingit basket with three design bands. Top and bottom design of squared zigzags (dark brown) with (light brown) rectangles in the wide spaces. Central band of cream parallelograms slanting in alternate directions, on a brown band in the base twining. Uses false bear grass embroidery technique.
Exhibition History: Images from the Inside Passage
Accession Data: Accession ID: 1980-105; Accession Date: 10/22/1980; Accession Type: Accession Exchange