Basket

NA3330.1

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA3330.1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Basket with rattle-top lid. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"), in-between weave (with plain), three-strand; 11 warps and 20 wefts per square inch; Body: 11 warp, 20 weft; Lid knob: 13 warp, 20 weft; Lid: 11 warp, 17 weft; Lid lip: 13 weft.

Height 7 cm
Outside Diameter 13 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1915
Other Number G376 - Gordon Number

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