Basket

86-20-41

From: United States of America | Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 86-20-41
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Period 19th Century
Date Made 1800-1899 CE
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Dye | Grass
Technique Basketry
Description

Twined spruce root basket; blue green and yellow triangles in flase embroidery around center; maroon and green false embroidered fret pattern at top and bottom. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery").

Height 8.8 cm
Width 11.5 cm
Depth 20.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of W. Disston Anderson, Class of 42, 1986
Other Number 51 - Collector Number

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