Shot basket
Shot basket

Currently not on view

Shot basket,

before 1882

Lingít
PU 4095

Information

Title
Shot basket
Dates

before 1882

Medium
Spruce root
Dimensions
h. 10.0 cm., diam. 4.6 cm. (3 15/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 4095
Place Collected

North America, Jilḵaat Ḵwáan (Klukwan)

Culture
Lingít, Chilkat, Native American
Type
shot (ammunition), textile materials, weaving, basketry (object genre), baskets
Techniques
weaving
Subject
wave pattern

Collected by Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, in or after 1877; Possibly given to Princeton Theological Seminary, 1879-1882; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1882

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