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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