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Object Number
69-30-10/1721A
Display Title
Small tubular carrying basket
Descriptions
Object Description
Basket with 17 paddle-shaped instruments--"spoons" Used only for soapberries. Small tubular carrying basket with open twining. (Shaman's soapberry spoons in spruce root basket with open twining. Seventeen spoons: one with abstract negative design (1721.1), another with bird's face and tongue (1721.2). Used in feasts to eat soapberry froth.)
Inventory Description
Basket, woven grass and bark, tubular, twisted fiber cord, broken
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Materials
Grass, Bark
Dimensions
Overall: 49 x 11 x 8.6 cm (19 5/16 x 4 5/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
69-30-10/1721A
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast
(1867-1868 - 1868)
Donor
Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast
(1869)
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