Title taken from caption. Textile removed from dig site on Ship Rock. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Lincoln, Bertha (artist). Cross made from six coiled grass basketry circles which are then attached with dyed grass. The central circle is made of grass that is dyed blue. The single section of grass that connects the six pieces is dyed red. The...
Pook, Cathleen (artist). Video, 1:02 minutes MPG format. Cathleen Cass Pook is from Sitka and is known for her traditional Tlingit beadwork and basketry. She is a member of the Eagle Clan and the Killer Whale House. She learned her art from her...
Rofkar, Teri (artist). Video, 58 seconds MPG format. Teri Rofkar is a Tlingit master weaver from Sitka in Southeast Alaska and of the Raven Clan and Snail House. She learned weaving and basketry from classes in college and at museums, and was...
Coiled grass tray; known as "inside-outside" basket as the design is meant to show on the inside of the basket; red and green-dyed grass design - geometric; 6-1/4 in. across and 1-1/2 in. deep.
Accession Number: 72-96-16
Description: spruce root; grass; black; orange; blue-green; woven; decorated
Descriptive Narrative: One large Tlingit spruce root basket. Three bands of false embroidery in several different colors of dyed...