Basket Lid

11033

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 11033
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Basket cover. Spruce root twining with false embroidey in grass. Small pebbles inside. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 8 warps and 14 wefts per square inch. Rattle-top lid; grass design; flower design on top.

Height 3.2 cm
Outside Diameter 10 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Edward Drinker Cope, 1893

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