Round with concave bottom, straight sides, 2 bands of geometric false embroidery, colors faded, badly stained throughout, edge broken in several areas. Spruce root, grass stems, dyed, plain twined.
Donor:
Mrs. Lewis Summers
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Clement M. Summers
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Made for sale.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 12 centimeters and diameter 13 centimeters
Comment:
Conservation: Cleaned with vacuuming and damp brush, blocked with steam. References: Emmons, G.T. "The Basketry of the Tlingit", Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. III, July, 1903.