Cylindrical Basket Item Number: 43.201.286 from the Brooklyn Museum
Description
Twined cylindrical basket with false embroidery tightly woven into a fret and arrow design in red and ivory . Examined by Deborah Head, a Tlingit/Haida basket maker on 6/17/09, who mentioned that this basket has a different type of border and is important for that reason. She also said that the medium is spruce root. Condition: good.
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Dr. Harlow Brooks
Item History
- Made between 1868 and 1933
What
- Name
- Cylindrical Basket
- Identification Number
- 43.201.286
- Type of Item
- basket
- Material
- spruce root and natural dye
- Overall
- length 7.5 in, width 10.25 in
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
Where
- Holding Institution
- Brooklyn Museum
When
- Creation Date
- between 1868 and 1933
Other
- Classification
- (not assigned)