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Object Number
11-2-10/83806
Display Title
Woman's trinket basket and rattle cover
Descriptions
Object Description
Woman's trinket basket and rattle cover; twined with false embroidery panels on body, rectilinear motifs in soft orange-tan, light brown, dark brown and wheat colored elements. Pinwheel pattern on lid. Rattles in small knob on lid.
Inventory Description
Basket, lidded bowl, brown, orange, green geometric designs, knob rattle 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: 12.6 x 20 x 20 cm (4 15/16 x 7 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
83806
Provenance
Collector
Lt. Selim E. Woodworth
(ca. 1878)
Donor
Dr. William McMichael Woodworth
(1911)
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