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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