Object Number | NA9491 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tlingit |
Provenience | Alaska | Killisnoo |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Spruce Root |
Technique | Basketry | Twined |
Description | Twined spruce root hat. Undecorated, save for a zigzag or "Tree shadow" design woven into the lower half (Frances Paul, 1944 p. 54). A hat band encircles the center of the interior. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, diagonal/twill twining, three-strand; 14 warps, 18 wefts per square inch at rim. Skip stitch. |
Height | 18.3 cm |
Width | 39.5 cm |
Depth | 39.9 cm |
Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1923 |
Other Number | 25 - Field No SF |
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