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22404

From: Alaska | Fort Wrangell

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 22404
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska | Fort Wrangell
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Twining with grass false embroidery, red, purple and natural. Design: cross, tattoo and tying; war pick. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 11 warps and 18 wefts per square inch.

Height 4.8 cm
Length 22.24 cm
Depth 14.8 cm
Outside Diameter 0 cm
Credit Line Gift of C. C. Gries, 1902

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