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it still stands proud
Around the rest of the body is an explosion of flowers and leaves
the back is as bright as if made yesterday
Image size approx 14"x9"
and yarn drawings
Tlingit Native American Basketry Wrapped Bottle, Early 20th Century elephant pin cushion it still stands proudI have a hard time wrapping my head around the process of so finely wrapping a bottle in woven basketry, but Tlingit basket makers of southeast Alaska were exceptional basket makers, using spruce root to create pieces like this, which I believe dates to sometime between 1900 1920s, with natural dyes for the color. Though showing a fair amount of loss, this is a very good example, with the bands of bold, quintessentially Tlingit geometric patterns
