#64 • Tlingit Spruce Root Basket w/ Rattle Chamber

Part of December 2025 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $130.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A historic Tlingit spruce root "rattle top" basket, circa 1910-1930. The base features a solid twined start with a "weave-in-between" returning to solid twine on the outer edge, the wall features two bands of a modified "butterfly" design done in false embroidery, and the cover includes a rattle chamber where traditionally, rounded stones from grouse gizzards were used (later pieces used beads or small round stones). This lot also includes a handwritten evaluation of the work, signed and dated by Peter L. Corey, Curator of Collections at the Sheldon Jackson Museum in Sitka, Alaska. Measures approximately 5" in diameter x 4.5" tall.