Object Number | 11034 |
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 | Small pebbles in cover (rattle?). Spruce root twining with false embroidery in grass. Design: fern fronds. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 10 warps and 14 wefts per square inch. Rattle top lid; grass design; edge stripes, fern fronds design. |
Height | 2.3 cm |
Outside Diameter | 18.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Edward Drinker Cope, 1893 |
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