Tlingit
Basket

ArtistNorth American Indian, Northwest Coast, Tlingit
CultureTlingit
Titles
  • Basket
Date1900–1930
PlaceAlaska
MediumWoven split spruce root and dyed reeds
Dimensions9 5/8 × 12 × 11 1/4 in. (24.4 × 30.5 × 28.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Isabel B. Wilson
Object number2006.736
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
205M Wiess Gallery
On view

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Object Type
Provenance[Kinnaman & Ramaekers, Houston, by 1986]; purchased by Isabel Brown Wilson (1931–2012), Houston, 1986–2006; given to MFAH, 2006.

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