| Object Number | NA1255 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chilkat | Tlingit |
| Provenience | Alaska | Klukwan |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Leather |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Large basket with an inverted bottom. Undecorated except for a band of "raven's cradle board" pattern below the rim made using skip stitch weaving. The patina and size of the weave make this a very old basket. One section of the rim is broken and repaired with hide strips. Previously folded. Technical notes: twined, close twined, in between weave up sides. 10 warps and 9 wefts per square inch. 12 rows raven's cradle board design at top edge. |
| Height | 39 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 49 cm |
| Credit Line | Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905 |
| Other Number | LVS 114 - Other Number |
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