New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Basket

CultureTlingit | Native American

DateEarly 20th century

MediumSpruce roots, grasses, and dyes

Dimensions2 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. (6 x 8.3 cm)

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Object number59.60.8

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DescriptionWoven basket (of Wush tookh a'r-kee, "close-together work" weave) with false embroidery on the exterior: two rows of stepped bands (rectangles placed in echelon) in black, yellow, and red (Kheet-see'-tee, "tying or winding around" design motif).
ProvenanceHoonah, Chichagof Island, AlaskaExhibition HistoryAdded by the Chrysler Museum of Art to the museum's local presentation of traveling exhibition "Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, March 3-July 2, 2023.