Unknown Maker, Tlingit

Rattle-lid basket

Maker

Unknown Maker, Tlingit

Culture

Tlingit, Native North American

Title

Rattle-lid basket

Year

early 1900s

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

plant material, seed

Dimensions

13.3 x 8.3 cm (5 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Museum Works of Art Fund

Object Number

43.117

Type

Exhibition History

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

Label copy

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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Tombstone

Unknown Maker, Tlingit
Rattle-lid basket, early 1900s
Spruce root, bear grass, maidenhair fern; two- and three-strand twining with false embroidery
13.3 x 8.3 cm (5 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches)
Museum Works of Art Fund 43.117

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