Tlingit Native American Basketry Wrapped Bottle, Early 20th Century fun cup densely covering every inch of

densely covering every inch of the top and most of the sides--all very painstakingly done

international cast of characters carved in relief around the faceted perimeter

This lovely studio pottery vessel makes a great small planter

removable handle

and plenty of irregularity to the dominoes as pictured

Tlingit Native American Basketry Wrapped Bottle, Early 20th Century fun cup densely covering every inch ofI 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