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Culture of Origin: Tlingit1900-1920

U.S. Department of the Interior Museum

U.S. Department of the Interior Museum
Washington, DC, United States

Tlingit berry basket with false embroidery, made for commercial sale. Close and open twining with crossed warp elements. Accompanying E.M. Rhodes & Co. tag reads: "E.M. Rhodes & Co. / Alaska Building / 612 Second Avenue / Seattle / Basket woven of spruceroot / Sitka Indians Alaska."

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  • Title: Basket
  • Creator: Culture of Origin: Tlingit
  • Date Created: 1900-1920
  • Physical Dimensions: DIA 8.5, H 6.625 inches
  • Provenance: INTR 00217, Helen G. Gibson
  • Subject Keywords: twined, false embroidery, E. M. Rhodes & Co., Tlingit, Northwest Coast, American Indian, North America, Native American
  • Type: Basketry
  • Rights: U.S. Department of the Interior Museum
  • Medium: spruce root, grass
U.S. Department of the Interior Museum

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