Basket
Item number 1999-97/215 from the The Burke: University of Washington.
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Exhibit Label
15. Twined Spruce Root Basket Tlingit
Starting in the 1880s, Tlingit basket makers sold their wares
in Sitka, Juneau, Ketchikan, and Wrangell to tourists who
came to Alaska on steam ships. Often they would paddle
out to the ships in canoes to sell to the tourists eager for
souvenirs. Huge cruise ships still ply these waters today,
although weavers have to compete with imported and
mass-produced kitsch.
Automatically Generated From Material
The bear grass is dye, purple, yellow, and orange.
Item History
- Received from Robert Y. Pratt
What
- Name
- Basket
- Identification Number
- 1999-97/215
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- spruce root, bear grass and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined and false embroidered
- Overall
- height 7.5 in, diameter 9.0 in
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Received from
- Robert Y. Pratt
Other
- Motif
- Geometric | Bird
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection
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