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Tlingit Native North American, Northwest Coast

Lidded basket, early 1900s

Description

Maker

Culture

Tlingit

Title

Lidded basket

Year

early 1900s

Medium

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

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Dimensions

12.7 cm (5 inches) (height)

Place

Northwest Coast

Type

Credit

Gift of Edward B. Aldrich

Object Number

18.047A

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Blankets and Baskets

July 2 - October 10, 2004

The maker of this basket combined a traditional “shaman’s hat” or “spirit around the head” pattern with the use of commercial aniline dyes to color the orange and green bear-grass strands.
Gift of Edward B. Aldrich 18.047a,b

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