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NA9191

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA9191
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Dye | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Flat; with lid. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 12 warps adn 18 wefts per square inch. Raven's tail, war club, and fern designs.

Height 9.5 cm
Outside Diameter 22.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Miss Selina B. McIlhenny in memory of brother James P. McIlhenny, 1920
Other Number CG2016-2-331 - Other Number

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