Cylindrical, twined spruce root, exterior false embroidery of grass stems dyed yellow, orange, black and blue; central chevron-like designs, flanked top and bottom by designs on maroon dyed spruce root bands. Rim slightly damaged; cardboard sewn to base. Broad maroon and narrow green and black dyed spruce root bands in interior.
Donor:
Della Edmeades
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Brother of Della Edmeades
Collection date:
ca. 1905
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
16.5 centimeters and height 20 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. for designs: G.T. Emmons, "The Basketry of the Tlinkit".