Basket
NA3280A
From: Alaska | Attu Island | Aleutian Islands
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | NA3280A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Aleut |
Provenience | Alaska | Attu Island | Aleutian Islands |
Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Plant Fiber |
Technique | Basketry |
Description | Cylindrical basket (A) with lid (B). Bottom with bands of crossed warp openwork; side of plain twining. Banded hour-glass figures, overlapping triangles, diamonds, and wave designs in wool and mercerized false embroidery. |
Height | 22.86 cm |
Outside Diameter | 27.94 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from E. M. Rhodes & Company, 1915 |
Other Number | G-411 - Field No SF |
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