TLINGIT TRIBE / NORTHWEST COAST

Chevron/diamond storage basket, late 19th Century, early 20th Century

Handwoven split conifer root (buff), bear grass (white), woodwardia fern stem dyed with alder bark (rust), maidenhair fern stem (black), willow shoots

For more information see: The Fine Art of California Indian Basketry, Brian Bibby (Sacramento/Berkeley: Crocker Art Museum, Heyday Books, 1996), p. 90.

H: 8 1/2” x D: 11”