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Carrying Basket
Carrying Basket
Carrying Basket
Museum of International Folk Art

Carrying Basket

Datec. 1920
Place madeAlaska, United States, North America
MediumSpruce root, natural dye
Dimensions2 1/2 × 3 15/16 × 1 in. (6.3 × 10 × 2.6 cm)
ClassificationsPersonal Gear
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.36.763
Object numberA.1980.36.763
DescriptionWoven of spruce root with with design of gold and black dyed root. Bands of "eye-holes" stitch. Pattern is called "Butterfly." Narrow. // Novelty style made for tourist trade. Paul, Frances. "Spruce Root Basketry of the Alaska Tlingit." USDI, 1944.
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