Tlingit
Basket
Tlinglit, 1889
Scroll
Tlingit
Basket
Tlinglit, 1889
Physical Qualities
Spruce root, grass, 6 7/8 x Diam. 8 5/16 in. (17.5 x 21.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. C.R. Miller
Object Number
1939.49
In false embroidery with two horizontal bands of frets (dk. brown, yellow/tan) framing band of stylized birds (black and orange, brown and tan), bottom missing (bottomless basket?)
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1939; Mrs. C.R. Miller.
Dena S. Katzenberg, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "And Eagles Sweep Across the Sky," September 18-November 13, 1977, p. 83, #9.
Katzenberg, D. S., & Baltimore Museum of Art. "And eagles sweep across the sky": Indian textiles of the North American West : [exhibition]. Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1977:83
Inscribed: label: 'Am. Indian made by Clindt'; label: 'Tlinket SE Alaska plain twine dec. with false embroidery. FHD'
