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Tlingit Rattle Top Basket 1800s Nort West Coast Indians Native American Primitiv For Sale
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TLINGIT RATTLE TOP Spruce Root Basket ca.1800s !* North West Coast Indians * TLINGIT Tribe, Native American * Made of split Spruce Root * Rattle Top ( Pebbles or Lead shot were placed inside the lid ) * Very Old, early 1800s. * It has split on the basket and missing piece on lid ! PLEASE SEE PICTURES FOR ITS CONDITION ! * 2 7/8" H, 3 1/4" Diameter...Tlingit Spruce Root BasketsThe Tlingit of southeast Alaska have produced some of the finest
examples of two-strand twining; their spruce root baskets exhibit bold
geometric designs in warm hues of red, orange, yellow, and brown. In
spring and fall, women collected the young roots of the Sitka Spruce, a
tradition shared by both men and women today. The bark is peeled from
the roots, which are left to cure over the summer. Then they are split
and ready for weaving. The baskets are decorated in false embroidery, in
which bleached, and often dyed grass is wrapped around the weft; the
pattern is visible only on the outside of the basket. Natural dyes were
obtained from local materials such as huckleberry, sulphuric mud, moss,
hemlock bark, and alder bark steeped in urine. Commercial aniline dyes
were popular as early as 1890, marking the beginning of the tourist
trade era. Utilitarian baskets were used to collect berries, roots, and
shellfish for storage and for food preparation and serving. The
flat-bottomed cylindrical berry basket is an older form. Large berry, or
carrying baskets were worn on the back, and the smaller berry picking
baskets emptied into them. Spruce root baskets are flexible and
non-rigid; large berry baskets were often stored folded flat. Other
forms include open-work strainers, plaques, cups, bowls, and rattle-top
round boxes in which pebbles or lead shot were placed inside the lid. As
the demand for made-for-sale baskets increased, Tlingit wove new forms,
such as trays, teacups, and covered glass bottles. Abstract designs often depict patterns observed in nature, such as
the butterfly wing, whale’s teeth, path of the woodworm, tail of the
raven, fern frond, and flying goose pattern. Realistic designs often
portray animals. Other motifs represent aspects of Tlingit culture, such
as tattoos and labrets, as well as patterns adopted from Euroamerican
items, like Hudson Bay blankets and the Christian cross.THANK YOU FOR VISITING !
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Tlingit Rattle Top Basket 1800s Nort West Coast Indians Native American Primitiv: $190
