Basket

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

Late 19th-early 20th century

Titles Basket (Descriptive)
Artist Tlingit people, Northwest Coast region
Medium spruce root, leather
Credit Line Museum purchase, 1956.48.255
Object Name basket
Classification Containers

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The blade is a piece of a file 5.25 inches long, curved edge 1.938" wide. This is attached to a handle of alder? cut from a tree about 1.5" diameter with a limb .75 inches in diameter. 11.5b. which serves as a handle. The blade was wrapped in blue and white gingham and lashed with Niblick. Fig 94. cotton fish cord.

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Black and white photograph of four Native American women wearing jingle dresses and face-covering bandanas, blurred Mount Rushmore in background.

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