Berry Basket

77-7-2

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 77-7-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Cylindrical spurce root basket. Fairly coarse weave. Two bands of design done in a different fibre. Colors of design: yellowfish beige, orange, dark brown. Overstiched border on rim. Base has been covered with a piece of cardboard. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 13 warps and 18 wefts per square inch. Butterfly design; novice weaving.

Height 13 cm
Width 13 cm
Depth 16.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Theodore S. Fetter (nee Sara V. Walker) and Elizabeth Walker Crofts, 1977

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