BASKET

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

BASKET

Entry/Object ID

1968.1.41

Description

TWINED CEDER/TWISTED HANDLE/GEO DES/TAN/BROWN/ORANGE/GOLD SEA OTTER DRINKING CUP, USED TO DRINK SALT WATER. APPARENTLY THE NATIVE BELIEF WAS TO PURGE THEMSELVES BEFORE HUNTING THE SEA OTTER BY DRINKING THE OCEAN PRIOR TO THE HUNT.

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Place

Continent

North America

Ethnography

Cultural Region

State/Province

Alaska

Culture/Tribe

Tlingit
Native American, First Nation

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Basket

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Dimensions

Height

3 in

Diameter

3 in

Parts

Count

1

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Provenance

Notes

Probably W H CASE PHOTO 46 ITEM #11, ID 143/367; HLG LEDGER VOL. 1, p. 89g, lINVOICE 12/29/1911