Twined with designs in false embroidery. (a) Basket, jar shaped with shoulder; badly damaged rim; 3 design bands: rattle top and bottom are diamonds, center is diamonds and other geometric forms. (b) Cover: rattle top has spiral designs in faded green in center and arrow designs near edge. Old note says "acquired 1892", list says 1901.
Donor:
Mr. W. W. Lyman, Sarah A. Lyman, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Yakutat, Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Yakutat
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Mr. W. W. Lyman
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(b)— diameter 15.5 centimeters and (a)— height 17 centimeters