Basket
97-85-39A
From: United States of America | Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-85-39A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern | String |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Woman's work basket, with rattle in lid. Two-ply twining with "fern fronds", "bear tracks", "half of salmon berry" and "eye" designs in false embroidery. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 9 warps and 15 wefts per square inch. |
| Height | 9 cm |
| Width | 12.3 cm |
| Depth | 12 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-85-39A - Old Museum Number | 11477 - ANSP Number |
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