DepartmentUnited States & Canada

Carrying Basket

NameBasket

CultureTlingit

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)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.36.763

Object numberA.1980.36.763

ProvenanceGift of M.C. Cutler. Unknown maker

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.