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1954.8.145.1

Round basket with flat bottom. The lid for this basket is 1954.8.145 .2. [MOBB [OPS move] 4/11/2016]

1954.8.145.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Round basket with flat bottom. The lid for this basket is 1954.8.145 .2. [MOBB [OPS move] 4/11/2016]
Long description
Round basket with flat bottom. The sides are decorated with repeating sections of decorations. One section consists of two vertical bands of light coloured weaving separated by a vertical band of alternating natural and dark coloured rectangles. The next section is rectangular consisting of a large central chevron of light coloured and dark brown weaving. The rest of the area around the chevron is divided into quarters of light and dark weaving. The lid for this basket is 1954.8.145 .2. [MOBB [OPS move] 4/11/2016]
Cultural groups
Tlingit
Person
Field collector Edmund Hope Verney
PRM source Irene Marguerite Beasley
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
Height: max 112 mm total, Diameter: max 236 mm total, Diameter: max 230 mm, Height: max 87 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1954.8.145.1
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, Vessel, Basket

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