| Object Number | 77-7-3B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Cylindrical basket and lid of spruce root. Basket has two bands of design in dark brown with some yellow. Finely woven. Lid has two bands of design - one along edge and one is raised portion in center of lid. Raised portion in center of lid contains rattles. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 18 warps and 23 wefts per square inch. Designs line up lid and basket; appears to have been washed with a copper solution. |
| Outside Diameter | 17.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Theodore S. Fetter (nee Sara V. Walker) and Elizabeth Walker Crofts, 1977 |
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