Object Number | NA8996.1 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tlingit |
Provenience | Alaska |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Spruce Root | Grass | Yarn |
Technique | Basketry | Twined |
Description | Old; trinket case; one part slides within the other (telescoping). Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 13 warps and 19 wefts per square inch. TObacco basket; porpoise meat design outside, tying design inside. |
Height | 6.3 cm |
Outside Diameter | 7.62 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Richard Waln Meirs, 1918 |
Other Number | B24 - Field No SF |
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