Basket

NA3328A

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA3328A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Lidded basket with rattle top lid. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"), in-between weave (with plain); 10 warps and 13 wefts per square inch; Body: 10 warps, 13 wefts; Lid knob: 8 warps, 13 wefts; Lid: 10 warps, 13 wefts; Lid lip: 11 wefts.

Height 8.5 cm
Outside Diameter 18 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1915
Other Number G375 - Gordon Number

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