Basket with rattle lid
Artist:
Tlingit (S. Alaska)
Date: Purchased 1966
Medium: Spruce root, Maidenhair fern
Dimensions:
Approx. measurements
H: 8 cm
W: 7 cm
D: 7 cm
Diam: 24 cm
Classification: Containers
Credit Line: Gift of Sanborn Partridge
Object number: 1991.83.8
DescriptionTwined construction, knotted-coiled start with false-embroidered black geometric design of two step-like horizontal bands around basket and two bands of rectangles on the lid. Cylindrical shape. Lid has a flat knob containing pebbles (gizzard stones of the grouse) (p. 153). Pattern called "Shaman's hat" or literally "spirit around the head" (p. 154).
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