Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
97.25.001
Accession#:
97.25
Credit Line:
Museum Purchase.
Object Name:
Basket
Title:
Cedar Bark Rectangular Basket
Date:
1930
Description:
Plaited cedar bark rectangular basket has zig—zag pattern on sides of darker cedar strips. Woven strips are approximately .125 inches, top edge wrapped and woven. Soft brown color with reddish tint.
Notes:
Purchased at Don Murray auction.
See also 97.23.001
Origin per Steve Henrikson, Curator of the Alaska State Museum: NW Coast Indian; Tlingit, Haida or Tsimshian from Metlakatla.
Mary Pearce Fleek stated 9/1998 that she remembered the basket as "always being in the house."
Taken off exhibit in the "Early Days — Frontier Kitchen" exhibit, October, 2007.
See also 97.23.001
Origin per Steve Henrikson, Curator of the Alaska State Museum: NW Coast Indian; Tlingit, Haida or Tsimshian from Metlakatla.
Mary Pearce Fleek stated 9/1998 that she remembered the basket as "always being in the house."
Taken off exhibit in the "Early Days — Frontier Kitchen" exhibit, October, 2007.
Search Terms:
Native
Unattributed NWC
Decorative
Home Life
Household
Unattributed NWC
Decorative
Home Life
Household
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Cedar Bark Rectangular Basket
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Cedar Bark Rectangular Basket
Cedar Bark Rectangular Basket
Cedar Bark Rectangular Basket
Cedar Bark Rectangular Basket