Twined Basket Item Number: E379791-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Overlaid designs in color forming banded figures consisting of triangles and [right-facing] swastika."Note: The swastika is usually considered a non-traditional Tlingit basket design symbol. It was popular in the early 20th century in Europe and North America as a good luck symbol but disappeared from use after it became negatively viewed because of its association with the Nazi party.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by Dr. Francis B. Sayre in Alaska, USA
- Received on September 29, 1939
What
- Name
- Twined Basket
- Identification Number
- E379791-0
- Type of Item
- basket
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit
- Field Collector
- Dr. Francis B. Sayre
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- on September 29, 1939
Other
- Accession Number
- 153865