Tlingit Native American Basketry Wrapped Bottle, Early 20th Century handmade cutout but also great just hung

but also great just hung on the wall in the kitchen

The hearts and threads or “vines” connecting them are an icy white

I have put a matte over it approximately matching the cream color of the paper and put it in a simple

to a Churchman's cigarette Box Scout in action

from what I can find) who notes his location as Portland Oregon

Tlingit Native American Basketry Wrapped Bottle, Early 20th Century handmade cutout but also great just hungI 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