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Basketry bottle,
before 1882
Lingít
PU 5307
More Context
In the nineteenth century traditional Tlingit basketry became a popular trade item with sailors and explorers. Artists began incorporating elements that they believed would appeal to the international market, using foreign forms and weaving grass around other objects, including glass bottles and ceramic pots.
Information
Title
Basketry bottle
Dates
before 1882
Medium
Spruce root twining with grass false embroidery around glass bottle
Dimensions
h. 30.0 cm., diam. 9.0 cm. (11 13/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 5307
Place Collected
North America, Sheet'ká Ḵwáan (Sitka)
Marks/Labels/Seals
Culture
Subject
Probably collected by John G. Brady on behalf of Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson, in or after 1878; Given to Princeton Theological Seminary, 1879-1882; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1882