Basketry Cup and Saucer
Item number 1-2197 from the The Burke: University of Washington.
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Automatically Generated From Material
The spruce root is natural, red, and blue. The bear grass is red, orange, and blue.
Exhibit Label
17. Spruce Root Cup & Saucer Tlingit
Drinking cups made of twined spruce root were used by
Tlingit people in the 1800s (see "Cooking with Basketry"),
but cups and saucers like these were made solely for sale to
tourists visiting Alaska.
Item History
- Received from Dr. Helen Bogardus
What
- Name
- Basketry Cup and Saucer
- Identification Number
- 1-2197
- Type of Item
- basketry cup and saucer
- Material
- spruce root and bear grass
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined, false embroidered, dyed and triple twined
- Overall
- height 5.0 cm, width 11.5 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Received from
- Dr. Helen Bogardus
Other
- Motif
- Geometric
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection
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