Berry Basket
42-1-16
From: United States of America | Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 42-1-16 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit | Yakutat (Culture) |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Grass |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Nearly cylindrical. Fine weave spruce root, twined with overlay flase embroidery. Design in three bands of which the top and bottom are Shaman's hat pattern and the centre is fireweed pattern. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 16 warps and 26 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom, three-strand on the side bottom. |
| Height | 13.5 cm |
| Width | 16 cm |
| Depth | 17 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 0 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Ira Reed Estate through Wm. D. Morley Inc., 1942 |
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