Tlingit Native American Basketry Wrapped Bottle, Early 20th Century handmade cutout which I think have just

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Though I have great love of nearly anything woven and a few years back bought a loom thinking perhaps weaving was my calling (

I'd keep them near at hand for frequent readings

Just the face measures 6 1/2” straight across when measured from the backside

6 1/4" diameter at widest

Tlingit Native American Basketry Wrapped Bottle, Early 20th Century handmade cutout which I think have justI 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