Object Number | NA7696.2 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tlingit |
Provenience | Alaska |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern |
Technique | Basketry | Twined |
Description | Lidded basket. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"). Basket: 20 warps, 11 wefts per square inch; Lid (rim); 12 warps, 17 wefts per square inch; Lid (knob): 10 warps, 20 wefts per square inch; Lip; 12 wefts per square inch. Rattle-top lid; fern frond, shark's teeth, bear tracks designs. |
Height | 8 cm |
Outside Diameter | 20.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918 |
Other Number | A/76 - Field No SF |
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