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Basket with False Embroidery

Tlingit

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Caption

Tlingit. Basket with False Embroidery, early 20th century. Spruce root, grass, maidenhair fern, lichen, 8 1/4 x 6 1/2in. (21 x 16.5cm) Other: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2in. (21 x 16.5cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of D.D. Streeter, 40.772. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

Tlingit

Title

Basket with False Embroidery

Date

early 20th century

Medium

Spruce root, grass, maidenhair fern, lichen

Classification

Container

Dimensions

8 1/4 x 6 1/2in. (21 x 16.5cm) Other: 8 1/4 x 6 1/2in. (21 x 16.5cm)

Credit Line

Gift of D.D. Streeter

Accession Number

40.772

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Tlingit

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