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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