With lid, twined, cylindrical. (a) Basket: diamond designs in orange and purple/black; long, narrow and tapering. (b) Cover: twined material with encircling bands in red and purple/black; attached to (a) by cotton thread.
Donor:
Lloyd W. Swift
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Frank Bishop and Josephine Hall Bishop
Collection date:
ca. 1900
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
September 24, 1975
Context of use:
Shot basket, to carry shot. "Carried in a leather wallet suspended around the neck. They were in general use among the Central Tlingit, -- the Hoonah, the Sitka, and the Hootz-ah-tar...
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— height 9.3 centimeters and (b)— diameter 2.3 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "Ut tu-qwu'n-see tar-ka'te" (shot bag). References: G.T. Emmons, "The Basketry of the Tlingit", text on p. 255, ill. Pl. XIII, figs. 1-3.