- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Round basketry lid within which is a rattle. The basket for this lid is 1954.8.145 .1. [MOBB [OPS move] 4/11/2016]
- Long description
- Round basketry lid within which is a rattle. The sides are straight and consists of bands of different shades of material. The majority of the top is mainly flat with a central raised circular section within which the rattles are stored. The top of this section is decorated with bands of triangles around and within a plain woven band and with a central circle. The basket for this lid is 1954.8.145 .1. [MOBB [OPS move] 4/11/2016]
- Geographical reference
- Alaska Sitka
- Cultural groups
- Tlingit
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1864
- Date collected
- 1864
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1954
- Materials and processes
- Material Spruce Root Plant, Material Grass Fibre Plant, Material Lead Metal, Process Twined Woven, Process False-Embroidered, Process Basketry
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 236 mm, Height: max 46 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1954.8.145.2
- Research and responses
Verney served on Grappler 1862-65 along BC coast so could have field collected this; see http://www.pdavis.nl/Verney.php [Laura Peers, 07/09/2007]
False embroidery in grass-stems. Lid pellets are probably lead shot. [?LM]
This is a 'something-inside-basket'. (Paul 1944:38).
Teri Rofkar (Tlingit Tribe) and Luba Dovgan-Nurse examined this object during a research visit in November 2011. They made the following comments: This basket is probably from the Sitka area. The side of the lid has stripes with corresponding stripes on the bottom part of the basket. The brown dye is obtained from hemlock bark, the orangey brown from the inner bark of the alder. The dark brown parts are not dyed at all, but made using Maidenhead Fern. The rattling noise is produced by seeds. [El.B 22/11/2011]
Search terms: Basketry, Music, Vessel, Basket, Lid, Musical Instrument