Berry Basket

NA8190

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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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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