Berry Basket

NA3344B

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA3344B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | String
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Cylindrical basket with an inverted bottom. Decorated with two bands of false embroidery in "war club" and "raven's tail" (or cross?) patterns separated by a wide band.

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"). 11 warps and 17 wefts per square inch.

Height 28.3 cm
Width 35 cm
Depth 25.5 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1915
Other Number 12 - Field No SF | G386 - Gordon Number

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