Thlingit Rope & Chilcat Blanket Basket, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

143.338 Thlingit Rope & Chilcat Blanket Basket, Harry George Collection

Name/Title

Thlingit Rope & Chilcat Blanket Basket, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Entry/Object ID

143/338

Description

Thlingit Rope & Chilcat Blanket Basket, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910. sepia. Photo of decorated basket with rope loop beside it, displayed on table top. Handwritten on back: "Correspondence, Vol. 1, pg. 76G 79D, W. H. Case Photo 7-n Thlingit rope, made of inside bark of yellow cedar: about 3/8 inches in diameter. Old, but well preserved. Chilkat blanket basket, with bottom like a bucket. A bout 16" in height. Very good Chilcat blanket weaving made of wood of Alaskan mountain goat, patter good, colors well set in. Natives valued this at $20. Both sold for $14.00. 80J".

Collection

Harry L. George Collection, PHOTOGRAPHS

Made/Created

Date made

1910

Place

State/Province

Alaska

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Baskets

Search Terms

Native American, Alaska Tribes, Eskimo, Thlingit, Chilcat, George Collection

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 6½" x 4¼"

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 20, 2020