Saucer

Tlingit
Northwest Coast

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collected 1887-1906

Spruce root and dye

Overall: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Ida Farr Miller

44.18.8718

Geography

Place Made: Yakutat, United States, North America

Period

19th century

Object Name

Basket

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Northwest Coast

Not on view

Inscriptions

Sticker on bottom: "Yakutat, Alaska 188"

Provenance

Collected by Ellen Frances Burpee Farr (1840-1907) (Mrs. Evarts Worcester Farr, Class of 1863W), Pasadena, California, between 1887-1906; given to her daughter, Ida Farr Miller (1863-1953), 1907; given to present collection, 1944.

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