Basketry Shoes Item Number: 1-860 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
3. Twined Spruce Root Shoes Tlingit
Probably never worn, this set of shoes would have been
made for sale as a curiosity, showing off the virtuosity of the
weaver (see basketry socks in the garment case).
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Earl Morrisson
What
- Name
- Basketry Shoes
- Identification Number
- 1-860
- Type of Item
- basketry shoe
- Material
- spruce root and bear grass
- Manufacturing Technique
- plain twined and false embroidery
- Overall
- height 3.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Received from
- Mrs. Earl Morrisson
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Motif
- Geometric
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection