Tlingit Spruce Root Rattle Top Basket
Very fine, handwoven twined spruce root basket, circa 1880
Provenance: James R. (Jim) Houston Estate
Size: 6 ⅜ h x 7 ½ w x 7 ½ d in

Twined cylindrical basket with flat bottom and tightly fitting lid. There is a hollow knob handle on the centre of the lid that is filled with small pebbles. The sides of the basket are decorated with slanted triangular repeating decoration.

ZP19749

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