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.On View
Not on viewlate 19th - early 20th century
c. 1920
ca. 1960s
20th century
ca. 1960s
1920s-1930s
2003
ca. 1980-1986