(a) Saucer-shaped, twined basket with openwork design and red fret design at rim; hollow center. (b) Lid, dome-shaped, twined, to go over hollow center of (a); brown diagonal markings; raised hollow center.
Donor:
Mrs. Bernice Wetterwik
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Tlingit
Collector:
Louis Levy
Collection date:
1879-1947
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Context of use:
Trinket.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— diameter 10.8 centimeters and (b)— diameter 5.3 centimeters