Object Number | NA3337.1 |
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 (ginger jar?). Inverted bottom, no knob on lid. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 8 warps and 14 wefts per square inch; Body: 8 warp, 14 weft; Lid: 11 warp, 13 weft; Lip: 7 weft. |
Height | 16 cm |
Outside Diameter | 15 cm |
Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1915 |
Other Number | G488 - Gordon Number |
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