Soules 2006.01.076: Tlingit basket
Large "U" shaped Tlingit basket, constructed of woven cedar bark, and studded on the outside with interwoven blue Hudson Bay beads. Several beads are unattached and loose beads are included in packet. Attached notes read: " Very old Alaskan basket made of Cedar bark with Hudson Bay be...
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20006:426 |
| Summary: | Large "U" shaped Tlingit basket, constructed of woven cedar bark, and studded on the outside with interwoven blue Hudson Bay beads. Several beads are unattached and loose beads are included in packet. Attached notes read: " Very old Alaskan basket made of Cedar bark with Hudson Bay beads woven in." " Thinklet made Thliuller Indians of Alaska - [illegible] one each of Hubson Bay beads being interwoven in the cedar bark. Only attempted by one squaw in all Alaska." The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, University of Connecticut |
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