Berry Basket

77-7-4

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 77-7-4
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Cylindrical spruce root basket. Finely woven, with vertical zig-zag pattern in a raised weave occurring about ever 2 1/2" on surface. Three horizontal bands of design in a dark brown fibre with some yellow. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, diagonal/twill twining, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 16 warps and 20 wefts per square inch. Zig-zag pattern; possibly related to 30-11-4. Salmon head and flying geese designs.

Height 23.7 cm
Width 35 cm
Depth 16 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Theodore S. Fetter (nee Sara V. Walker) and Elizabeth Walker Crofts, 1977

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