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Unknown Maker, Tlingit

Lidded basket

Description

Maker

Unknown Maker, Tlingit

Culture

Tlingit, Native North American

Title

Lidded basket

Year

early 1900s

Medium

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

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

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

Materials

spruce root, bear grass, maidenhair fern

Geography

Place Made: Northwest Coast

Dimensions

12.7 cm (5 inches) (height)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Edward B. Aldrich

Object Number

18.047A

Type

  • Fiber Art

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Blankets and Baskets
Weavings from the American West
Jul 02, 2004 – Oct 10, 2004

Label copy

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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Unknown Maker, Tlingit
Lidded basket, early 1900s
Spruce root, dyed bear grass, maidenhair fern; twining with false embroidery
12.7 cm (5 inches) (height)
Gift of Edward B. Aldrich 18.047A

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