TWO TLINGIT POLYCHROME TWINED BASKETS
TWO TLINGIT POLYCHROME TWINED BASKETS

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TWO TLINGIT POLYCHROME TWINED BASKETS
Both of classic cylindrical form, finely woven in twined spruce root and false embroidery of dyed yellow, orange, green and purple, bear grass, The first decorated with a band of stepped motifs surmounted by a band of interlocking triangles, The second truncated, decorated with two bands composed of diamond motifs alternating with hourglass designs, surmounted by a rattle top lid, with a band of triangular motifs on the shoulder and handle
The first: 7in. (18.4cm.); the second: 7in. (17.8cm.) diameter (2)