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Object Number
985-27-10/58948
Display Title
Tlingit (Yakutat) closed twined basket. False embroidery in 3 bands of design.
Descriptions
Object Description
Tlingit (Yakutat) closed twined basket. False embroidery in 3 bands of design. Top and bottom in stepped pattern "shaman's hat" design. Middle band is tying design. The embroidery is red and yellow. Interior of green, blue and red.
Extremely damaged!
Inventory Description
Basket, cylindrical, yellow, red, black design exterior, broken.
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
19th Century
Culture
- Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Alaska, Southeast
Materials
Plant fiber, Dye, Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 31 x 27.5 x 26.8 cm (12 3/16 x 10 13/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
985-27-10/58948
Provenance
Collector
William Radcliff Morris
(1878-1893 - 1930)
Collector
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1930)
Donor
William H. Claflin, Jr.
(1985)
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