Tlingit Open Body Berry Basket

ca. 1900 

3.625" H x 4.125" D 

Hand Twined with a Golden Brown Field and a Dark Brown and Pink Colored Geometric Design with Split Spruce Root, Grass and Cherry Bark with a False Embroidery Imbrication

In Very Good  Condition with a Split Rim

Tlingit open-body berry baskets are masterpieces of Native Alaskan utilitarian fiber art, traditionally hand-twined from split Sitka spruce roots. Originating from the Tlingit people of southeastern Alaska and parts of western Canada, these flat-bottomed, cylindrical vessels were specifically engineered to survive intense seasonal food gathering before winter.