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Object #     2072
Object name     Lidded Shot Basket
Culture of Origin     Tlingit, Sitka Tribe
Materials     Spruce Root, Grass
Techniques     False Embroidered, Twined
Exhibit Label    

Small cylindrical double baskets, one inside the other, were
used to store a variety of precious objects. In the 1800s
these came to be used as shot pouches. This outer basket
has the design of a rainbow, the inner basket has the design
of the shaman's hat "Shar-dar-yar-ar-kee".

Source     Mr. George T. Emmons


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