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- Tlingit peoples
- shallow basket, late 1800s–1935
- Where object was made: Sitka, District of Alaska or Alaska Territory (present-day Alaska), United States
- spruce root, bear grass, maiden hair fern, weaving, false embroidering
- Object Height/Diameter: 8 x 27 cm
Object Height/Diameter: 3 1/8 x 10 5/8 in - The Father Felix Nolte Collection from the Benedictine College Museum
- Not on display
- 2007.2521
- Tlingit peoples
- Open page with bookmarkable url
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- Description
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The round, shallow basket has a pointed bottom and a light brown field. The center circle has a band of light brown and orange-brown trapezoids at its perimeter which alternate direction. Then there is a band of openweave. The next band has large, wide "S" shapes in light brown and orange-brown. Then there is another band of openweave. The top "solid" band is decorated with pairs of triangles (except for a single one) in light brown and orange-brown.