Basket Lid

NA3334.2

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA3334.2
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. Lid has no knob. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 9 warps and 14 wefts per square inch; Body: 9 warp, 14 weft; Lid: 9 warp, 15 weft.

Height 113 cm
Outside Diameter 9.2 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1915
Other Number G389 - Gordon Number

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