Basket Item Number: 1924.683 from the MAA: University of Cambridge
Description
Very small bucket shaped basket with black geometric decoration.; Good
Context
Identified by George Heye of the Heye Museum of the American Indian as Tlingit. The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.; The small basket was probably made for sale around the turn of the nineteenth century or later (G.Crowther).
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Received from Dr. A.C. Haddon during 1924
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 1924.683
- 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
- Containers; Basketry; Tourist Objects