Basket circular box, decorated with diamond pattern, created by a darker plant fibre. For the lid please refer to 1954.8.144 .2. [BH [OPS Move] 9/11/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Basket circular box, decorated with diamond pattern, created by a darker plant fibre. For the lid please refer to 1954.8.144 .2. [BH [OPS Move] 9/11/2016]
Geographical reference: Canada
Northern America > North America > Canada; United States of America
Northern America > North America > United States of America
Cultural groups: Tlingit
Person: Field collector John Whitworth; PRM source Irene Marguerite Beasley
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1920
Date collected: By 1920
Acquisition information: Donated: 1954
Materials and processes: Material Spruce Root Plant, Material Rye Grass Plant, Process Twined Woven, Process False-Embroidered, Process Basketry, Process Dried
Dimensions: Height: max 97 mm total, Diameter: max 140 mm total, Height: max 84 mm, Diameter: max 138 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1954.8.144.1
Research and responses: This is a 'something-inside-basket'. Rattle in lid is probably lead shot. (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 has had some treatment because it is darker that it originally was. The rattling noise is produced by gizzard stones. [El.B 22/11/2011]

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