Basket
42-29-3A
From: United States of America | Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 42-29-3A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tlingit |
Provenience | United States of America | Alaska |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern |
Technique | Basketry | Twined |
Description | Woman's work basket. Cylindrical; cover with rattle disc. Spruce root; 2-strand twining with false embroidery. Designs: basket-cross, tree shadows, crossing and half of head of salmon-berry; butterfly and halibut tail designs on lid. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 12 warps and 18 wefts per square inch. |
Height | 10.7 cm |
Outside Diameter | 19.6 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Franklin Miles Day, 1942 |
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