Cigarette or Needle Case
c 1875– 1917 (source unknown)
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Cigarette or Needle Case, c 1875– 1917 (source unknown). Arctic, Aleut, Attu, Post-Contact. Plain-twined rye grass with crossed openwork, patterned twined start, intersecting layered spokes, and plaited finish; silk embroidery decorations (catalogue card); overall: 1.5 x 11.5 cm (9/16 x 4 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of W. A. Price 1917.273.b
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Basketry
- Formatted Medium
- plain-twined rye grass with crossed openwork, patterned twined start, intersecting layered spokes, and plaited finish; silk embroidery decorations (catalogue card)
- Medium
- plain-twined, rye, grass, crossed, openwork, patterned, twined, start, intersecting, layered, spokes, plaited, finish, silk, embroidery, decorations, catalogue, card
- Dimensions
- Overall: 1.5 x 11.5 cm (9/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1917.273.b
- Credit Line
- Gift of W. A. Price
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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