Basket Lid
38-12-1B
From: United States of America | Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 38-12-1B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Grass |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Woman's work basket. Spruce root, twined with false embroidery. Design on basket: cross and "Tatoo", "Crossing" and "fireweed" on lid. Rattle in lid. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 9 warps and 15 wefts per square inch. |
| Height | 8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 19.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Estate of Winifred Bell, 1938 |
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