Tlingit Native American Basketry Wrapped Bottle, Early 20th Century fun cup This is truly a treasure

This is truly a treasure trove

nails of Irish cloth

though yesterday I thought it looked quite beatific

some of the thread stitching on the bristles is loose

removable handle

Tlingit Native American Basketry Wrapped Bottle, Early 20th Century fun cup This is truly a treasureI have a hard time wrapping my head around the process of so finely wrapping a bottle in woven basketry, but Tlingit basket makers of southeast Alaska were exceptional basket makers, using spruce root to create pieces like this, which I believe dates to sometime between 1900 1920s, with natural dyes for the color. Though showing a fair amount of loss, this is a very good example, with the bands of bold, quintessentially Tlingit geometric patterns