Berry Basket

77-7-1

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 77-7-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | maidenhair fern
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Cylindrical spruce root basket. Fairly coarse weave. Two bands of design in a different fibre (reed?). Water stain 1/3 cup from bottom. Overstiched border on top edge. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 13 warps and 17 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom.

Height 11.9 cm
Width 14 cm
Depth 12.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Theodore S. Fetter (nee Sara V. Walker) and Elizabeth Walker Crofts, 1977

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