Basketry vessel Item Number: E432848-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
Cylindrical twined basket with concave base. Two horizontal bands of colored (black? brown?) "Z" and "S" designs. Woven, un-pigmented diamond patterns around rim and base. Rim heavily damaged and deformed.Typed note inside vessel says: "33. Basketry Vessel. Tribe: Tlingit - Southern Alaska. Design: forward and backward "Z" pattern and upward and downward arrows in two bands around body, and a latent natural on natural ground diamond pattern; basic construction material is spruce root, with false embroidery for decoration in maidenhair fern stems and dyed grasses; all natural materials (vegetal dyes). Size: 6 1/2"h. 8" dia. Circa: 1890. Condition: poor, but capable of being repaired."
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by Edward S. Curtis in Alaska, USA between 1899 and 1930
- Received on August 30, 2012
What
- Name
- Basketry vessel
- Identification Number
- E432848-0
- Type of Item
- basket
- Overall
- width 22.0 cm, height 17.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Edward S. Curtis
- Received from
- “James "Jim" H. Graybill” ?
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- between 1899 and 1930
- Acquisition Date
- on August 30, 2012
Other
- Accession Number
- 2058745