Object Number | 11036 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tlingit |
Provenience | Alaska |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Spruce Root | Grass |
Technique | Basketry | Twined |
Description | Small pebbles in cover (Rattle?). Spruce root twining with false embroidery in grass. Design: fern fronds. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 11 warps and 14 wefts per square inch. Rattle top lid; light brown grass. |
Height | 5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 17.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Edward Drinker Cope, 1893 |
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