Berry Basket

NA8990

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8990
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit | Yakutat (Culture)
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Berry picking. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, diagonal/twill twining, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 20 warps and 27 wefts per square inch. Killer whale design.

Height 12.5 cm
Width 15.5 cm
Depth 13.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Richard Waln Meirs, 1918

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