- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Basketry lid in twined work decorated with geometric patterns. The basket associated with this object is 1951.6.52 .2. [MOBB [OPS move] 4/11/2016]
- Long description
- Basketry lid in twined work decorated with geometric patterns in 'false-embroidery' of dyed wild wheat straw on a foundation of spruce root. Round lid with straight sides. Decorated primarily with bands including diagonal lines, a band of alternating black and light brown sections and rectangular blocks of light coloured material. In the centre of the lid is a raised circular section which contains the rattle and which is decorated with a swirl pattern. The basket associated with this object is 1951.6.52 .2. [MOBB [OPS move] 4/11/2016]
- Cultural groups
- Tlingit
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1951
- Date collected
- By 1951
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1951
- Materials and processes
- Material Straw Fibre Plant, Material Spruce Root Plant, Material Pigment, Material Stone, Process Twined Woven, Process False-Embroidered, Process Dyed, Process Basketry
- Dimensions
- Diameter: max 163 mm, Height: max 26 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1951.6.52.2
- Research and responses
Teri Rofkar (Tlingit Tribe) and Luba Dovgan-Nurse examined this object during a research visit in November 2011. They made the following comments: The orangey colour is from alder bark, the black colour is fern and the light colour grass. The lid has a fern-frond pattern. The pattern on the side represents butterflies. The rattling noise is produced by seeds. This is quite an early example. [El.B 22/11/2011]
1951.6.52.2
Basketry lid in twined work decorated with geometric patterns. The basket associated with this object is 1951.6.52 .2. [MOBB [OPS move] 4/11/2016]
1951.6.52.2
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