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Native American, Tlingit
Object Place: United States, Northwest Coast

Medium/Technique Organic material
Dimensions 15.56 x 21.59 cm (6 1/8 x 8 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Laura F. Andreson
Accession Number1984.609
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsBasketry

DescriptionStraight-sided coil basket with zigzag motif worked in lighter fiber at mid-body, radial motif in red on bottom, one openwork coil 1/2 inch from rim.
ProvenanceBetween about 1930 and 1932, purchased by Laura Andreson (b. 1902 - d. 1999), Los Angeles; 1984, gift of Laura Andreson to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 21, 1984)