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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Cigarette or Needle Case

c 1875– 1917 (source unknown)

Arctic, Aleut, Attu, Post-Contact

plain twine, wild rye grass with crossed openwork, patterned twined start, intersecting layered spokes, and plaited finish; silk embroidery (catalogue card)
Overall: 2 x 11.5 cm (13/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Gift of W. A. Price 1917.273
Location: Not on view
  • Crawford, Virginia. “Artistic Basketry of the North American Indian.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 73, no. 7 (September 1986): 278–297. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 283, fig. 8 www.jstor.org
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