Basket

NA3340

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

View All (3) Object Images

Object Number NA3340
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Open basket. Feather design in a cross warp. Technical notes: twined, open and close twined, cross-warp, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 8 warps and 16 wefts per square inch; cross warp: 4 rows.

Height 15.5 cm
Width 18.8 cm
Depth 4.5 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1915
Other Number G390 - Gordon Number

Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.