Basket
Object Number:
NA1238
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Aleut
Provenience:
Alaska
Attu Island
Aleutian Islands
Culture Area:
Arctic (Culture Area)
Section:
American
Materials:
Plant Fiber
Wool
Technique:
Basketry
Twined
Description:
Rounded bottom, straight side. Twined on divided warps. Design, small diamonds in wool false embroidery. Braided loop finish to top and braided carrying strap.
Credit Line:
Museum Expedition, collected by George Byron Gordon
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Penn in the World: Twelve Decades at the University of Pennsylvania Museum (08 May 2008 - 28 Sep 2008)
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