Tlingit
Basket
Tlinglit, 1900-1932
Scroll
Tlingit
Basket
Tlinglit, 1900-1932
Physical Qualities
Spruce root, red, green, yellow dyes, 7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore
Object Number
1980.480
Pail shaped basket with false embroidery 'blanket border' design including dark brown horizontal band enclosing red, green, yellow fret motifs near base and rim; center horizontal band of blue and red crosses; brown ground. Twined.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1980; Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore.
Woven Rainbows: American Indian Trade Blankets
Katzenberg, Dena. And eagles sweep across the sky. Indian textiles of the North American West. Baltimore: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1977, cat. no. 10, p. 84, ill.
Carol Fallon, "The Art of the Indian Basket in North America," Lawrence, Kansas: The University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1975.
Sara Peabody Turnbaugh, "Native American Basketry," Cambridge, MA: Hurst Gallery, 1992.
Evan M. Maurer, "The Native American Heritage: A Survey of North American Indian Art," The Art Institute of Chicago, July 16 - October 30, 1977, Chicago: The Institute, 1977, ill. 509.
George Wharton James, "Indian Basketry," New York: Dover Publications, 1972 (orig. 1909), p. 51.
James Maxwell, ed., "Americas Fascinating Indian Heritage," Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest Association, 1978, p. 318.
Bill Holm, "Box of Daylight," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1983, pp. 50-52, 137-138.
Robert Tyler Davis, "Native Arts of the Pacific Northwest from the Rasmussen Collections of the Portland Art Museum," Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1949, ill. 10-11.
F. Dockstader, "Indian Art of the Americas," New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1973, ill. 261.
"The Art of the Indian Basked in North America," The University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1973, p. 21.
"Of Pride and Spirit," Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1981, pp. 17, 35.
F. H. Douglas and R. D'Harnoncourt, "Indian Art of the United States," New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1941, p. 162.
"Art of the First Americans," The Cincinnati Art Museum, 1976, p. 93.
Herbert J. Spinden, "Fine Art and the First Americans," New York, 1931, p. 6.
Sara Peabody Turnbaugh, "Native American Basketry," Cambridge, MA: Hurst Gallery, 1992.
Evan M. Maurer, "The Native American Heritage: A Survey of North American Indian Art," The Art Institute of Chicago, July 16 - October 30, 1977, Chicago: The Institute, 1977, ill. 509.
George Wharton James, "Indian Basketry," New York: Dover Publications, 1972 (orig. 1909), p. 51.
James Maxwell, ed., "Americas Fascinating Indian Heritage," Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest Association, 1978, p. 318.
Bill Holm, "Box of Daylight," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1983, pp. 50-52, 137-138.
Robert Tyler Davis, "Native Arts of the Pacific Northwest from the Rasmussen Collections of the Portland Art Museum," Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1949, ill. 10-11.
F. Dockstader, "Indian Art of the Americas," New York: Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1973, ill. 261.
"The Art of the Indian Basked in North America," The University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1973, p. 21.
"Of Pride and Spirit," Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1981, pp. 17, 35.
F. H. Douglas and R. D'Harnoncourt, "Indian Art of the United States," New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1941, p. 162.
"Art of the First Americans," The Cincinnati Art Museum, 1976, p. 93.
Herbert J. Spinden, "Fine Art and the First Americans," New York, 1931, p. 6.
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