Raven tail top Ragged edge Hole in side Two leather lugs

Basket

Tlingit people, Native American, Northwest Coast, Klukwan, Alaska

Late 19th-early 20th century

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Four spruce root lugs one broken Canvas patch Circular spruce root patch made like the bottom of a basket Alternate plaiting and twining weave No colors
Horizontal painting with procession of walkers only lower half of legs shown abstracted patterns typical of parfleche paintings form walking path beneath their feet
Crudely woven large coarse fibers medium brown two stripes each with dark brown and natural alternating
Truncated cone shape the flat top showing the 4 wide 58 strips of bark used as a foundation The weaving is double the inside much coarser than the outside