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Tlingit Native North American

Rattle-lid basket, early 1900s

Description

Maker

Culture

Tlingit

Title

Rattle-lid basket

Year

early 1900s

Medium

Spruce root, bear grass, maidenhair fern; two- and three-strand twining with false embroidery

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

Dimensions

13.3 x 8.3 cm (5 5/16 x 3 5/16 inches)

Type

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

43.117

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Blankets and Baskets

July 2 - October 10, 2004

Northwest coast baskets were popular among collectors and tourists. In response to this new market, non-native forms and motifs were developed. The basket with its lid that rattles when shaken is one of these. This example combines an ancient native motif, called “head of the salmonberry,” with a cross motif introduced after 1895.
Museum Works of Art Fund 43.117a,b

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