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29-6-1

From: United States of America | Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 29-6-1
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
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Twined weave with sections of crossed warp. Geometric decoration in brown. Broken. Technical notes: twined, open and close twined, cross-warp, two-strand, three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 18 warps and 21 wefts per square inch.

Height 9 cm
Depth 0 cm
Outside Diameter 14 cm
Credit Line Gift of Alice Brock (?), 1929

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