Basketry bottle
Basketry bottle
Basketry bottle
Basketry bottle

Currently not on view

Basketry bottle,

before 1885

Lingít
PU 5309
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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 1885

Medium
Spruce root twining with grass false embroidery around glass bottle
Dimensions
h. 31.0 cm., diam. 9.0 cm. (12 3/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Lent by the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
Object Number
PU 5309
Place Collected

North America, Sheet'ká Ḵwáan (Sitka)

Culture
Native American, Sitka, Lingít
Type
bottles, weaving
Materials
grass, root, glass
Techniques
twining, weaving, dyeing
Subject
lozenges, stripes

Probably collected by John G. Brady on behalf of Rev. Dr. Sheldon Jackson 1878-1883; Given to E. M. Museum (Princeton Museum of Natural History), 1882-1885

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