Soules 2006.01.077: Tlingit basket
Cylindrical Tlingit basket with a concave base, straight sides and an unadorned rim. Woven twine construction. Basic color dark brown with polychromatic zig zag and columner designs oriented verically on sides. Attached note reads: "Yakutat - Thlinket or Holuschan Stock Alaska" Also: "...
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20006:427 |
| Summary: | Cylindrical Tlingit basket with a concave base, straight sides and an unadorned rim. Woven twine construction. Basic color dark brown with polychromatic zig zag and columner designs oriented verically on sides. Attached note reads: "Yakutat - Thlinket or Holuschan Stock Alaska" Also: " This basket was made on Yakutat Island, Alaska. By one of the good weavers. The black is the maiden hair fern stem. The red is from berry juices, light is natural grasses. Foundation is spruce root." The Connecticut State Museum of Natural History, University of Connecticut |
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