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Basket

Basket, between 1890 and 1910

  • Tlingit, Native American

Spruce root

  • Overall (irreg): 6 3/4 × 9 1/2 × 9 3/4 inches (17.1 × 24.1 × 24.8 cm)

Gift of Clara A. Avery, 1919

1995.63

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

Clara A. Avery

1919-present, given 1919 to / accessioned 1995 by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Tlingit, Native American, Basket, between 1890 and 1910, spruce root. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Clara A. Avery, 1919, 1995.63.

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