Basket
Basket Lid
50-16-10A
From: United States of America | Alaska | Aleutian Islands
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 50-16-10A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Aleut |
Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Aleutian Islands |
Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Plant Fiber | Wool |
Technique | Basketry | Twined |
Description | A: Cylindrical. Alternate bands of close twining and crossed-warp openwork twining. Triangles of mixed red and blue wool woven into plain bands. "Dotted lines" of purple wool near base. B: Made and decorated in same manner. "Dotted lines" of purple near edge. Large central knob largely covered with red and blue wool twined in. |
Height | 15.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 15 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Henry V. Gummere, 1950 |
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