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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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