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NA3329A

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA3329A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Medicine Basket (A) and Lid (B). Rattle-top lid. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 9 warps and 15 wefts per square inch.

Height 2.4 cm
Width 18.2 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1915
Other Number G377 - Gordon Number | CG171088-2410 - Found in Collection Number

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