Tlingit Native American Basketry Wrapped Bottle, Early 20th Century elephant pin cushion and feeling to me both

and feeling to me both ancient and modern

it still stands proud

glossy painted colors are fantastic

That one was described as an anniversary spoon

Tlingit Native American Basketry Wrapped Bottle, Early 20th Century elephant pin cushion and feeling to me bothI 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