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Coiled Burden Basket

Tsilhqot'in

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Caption

Tsilhqot'in. Coiled Burden Basket, 1901–1933. Wood, spruce root, grass stems (Phragmites sp.), hide, cedar root, human hair, 9 5/8 × 14 5/8 × 10 1/8 in. (24.4 × 37.1 × 25.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund, 05.588.7245. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

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Title

Coiled Burden Basket

Date

1901–1933

Medium

Wood, spruce root, grass stems (Phragmites sp.), hide, cedar root, human hair

Classification

Container

Dimensions

9 5/8 × 14 5/8 × 10 1/8 in. (24.4 × 37.1 × 25.7 cm)

Credit Line

Museum Expedition 1905, Museum Collection Fund

Accession Number

05.588.7245

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Tsilhqot'in

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