Berry Basket
42-1-51
From: United States of America | Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 42-1-51 |
| 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 | maidenhair fern |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Cylindrical. Spruce root twined with false embroidery of maiden-hair fern in fireweed pattern. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 15 warps and 20 wefts per square inch. Drying rocks design; three-strand at bottom of side. |
| Height | 16.3 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 17 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Ira Reed Estate through Wm. D. Morley Inc., 1942 |
| Other Number | 467 - Dealer's Number | 457? - Other Number |
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