Basket

42-29-3A

From: United States of America | Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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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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