Basket Lid

NA7689.2

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7689.2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | Plant Fiber
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"). Basket: 9 warps, 16 wefts per square inch; Lid (knob): 13 warps, 16 wefts per square inch; Lip 10 wefts per square inch. Rattle-top lid, shark's teeth and fernfrond design.

Height 10.4 cm
Outside Diameter 21 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A/31 - Other Number

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