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Object Number
11-2-10/83810
Display Title
Woman's trinket basket and rattle cover
Descriptions
Object Description
Woman's trinket basket and rattle cover; "treasure basket" - covered basket with false embroidery designs in dark brown, cream and orange-brown elements. Triangle and diamond patterns on body; spiral design on cover. Small knob on cover with rattles.
Inventory Description
Basket, clylindrical base, brown and buff diamond design, rattle knobbed lid
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Alaska, Southern
Materials
Spruce root
Dimensions
Overall: 7.9 x 18.5 x 18.5 cm (3 1/8 x 7 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
83810
Provenance
Collector
Lt. Selim E. Woodworth
(ca. 1878)
Donor
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1911)
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