Basket Item Number: 1924.684 from the MAA: University of Cambridge
Description
Platter of basketry with elaborate false embroidery decoration in bands with red, yellow, greenish and black designs.; Good
Context
Identified as Tlingit by George Heye. The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.; The distance between the bands and the geometric style suggests the basket platter was made for sale around the turn of the 19th century (G.Crowther).
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Received from Dr. A.C. Haddon during 1924
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 1924.684
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- root, spruce wood and grass
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Received from
- Dr. A.C. Haddon
Where
- Holding Institution
- MAA: University of Cambridge
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1924
Other
- Keyword
- Basketry; Tourist Objects