Basket

NA7687.1

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7687.1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Lidded basket. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"). Basket: 10 warps, 16 wefts per square inch; Lid (knob); 12 warps, 16 wefts per square inch; Lip: 11 wefts per square inch. Rattle-top lid, beaver skin on stretcher with cross inside.

Height 11 cm
Outside Diameter 19 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A/25 - Other Number | 4006 - Other Number

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