Tlingit Native American Basketry Wrapped Bottle, Early 20th Century fun cup and yelling "it's not fair"

and yelling "it's not fair" as she runs

some of the thread stitching on the bristles is loose

This lovely studio pottery vessel makes a great small planter

Overall in very good condition--clean and bright

Tlingit Native American Basketry Wrapped Bottle, Early 20th Century fun cup and yelling "it's not fair"I 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