Object Number | NA3331.1 |
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, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"), in-between weave (with plain), three-strand; 11 warps and 14 wefts per square inch; Body: 10 warp, 14 weft; Lid knob: 11 warp, 15 weft; Lid; 10 warp, 17 weft; Lid lip: 9 weft. Lid is not original to this basket; no rattle in lid, was a rattle-top lid, but the inner weaving is broken. |
Height | 8.6 cm |
Outside Diameter | 17 cm |
Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1915 |
Other Number | G380 - Gordon Number |
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