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NA9123.1

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA9123.1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern | Stem
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Received in damaged condition. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 18 warps and 13 wefts per square inch. Tides or wave designs.

Height 15.5 cm
Outside Diameter 17 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Charles Roberts, 1919

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