Object Number | NA8190 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tlingit | Yakutat (Culture) |
Provenience | Alaska |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern |
Technique | Basketry | Twined |
Description | Yakutat basket with rich coloring with native dyes. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 13 warps and 16 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom; selvage pattern; purchased wtih NA8188. |
Height | 16.2 cm |
Outside Diameter | 22 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Henry K. Deisher, 1918 |
Other Number | 324 (Deisher #) - Collector Number |
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