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Tlingit Native North American, Northwest Coast

Basket lid, early 1900s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Tlingit

Title

Basket lid

Year

early 1900s

Medium

Spruce root, dyed bear grass, maidenhair fern; twining with false embroidery

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • spruce root,
  • bear grass,
  • maidenhair fern

Techniques

  • twining,
  • false embroidery

Place

Northwest Coast

Type

  • Textiles,
  • Fiber Art

Credit

Gift of Edward B. Aldrich

Object Number

18.047B

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Blankets and Baskets

July 2 - October 10, 2004

Related

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Rattle top basket, ca. 1900

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Lidded basket, early 1900s

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