Basket

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Culture/People: Tlingit
Previous owner: Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (Louis H. Brittin/L.H. Brittin), Non-Indian, 1877-1952
Seller: Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (Louis H. Brittin/L.H. Brittin), Non-Indian, 1877-1952

Collection History: Collection history unknown, but said to have been collected circa 1870; formerly in the collection of Lewis Hotchkiss Brittin (1877-1952, a noted collector of books and Indian arts and founder of Northwest Airlines); purchased by George Heye from L.H. Brittin in 1906.
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Place: Chilkat River; Sealaska Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items: Tlingit; Containers and Vessels

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 8596
Barcode: 008596.000

Object Type: Containers and Vessels

Object Name: Basket
Media/Materials: Spruce root, bear grass
Techniques: Twined, false-embroidered

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws601464a74-830d-4304-9bfc-6d224049eca1

Record ID: NMAI_9248