Cylindrical, plain twined, with encircling fret design in yellow material of red boxes and right angle crosses, some blue-green accents; poor condition. Plain twined spruce root, dyed false embroidery designs in split grass stems, 5 rows of 3-strand twining near base.
Donor:
Anne Protopopoff
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Mrs. George A. Hooper
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 25 centimeters and height 23.5 centimeters
Comment:
Received in multiple pieces; glued together in 1979 with "Acorn" glue (R-957A).