Basket Lid

NA7692.2

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7692.2
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

Lidded basket. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"). Basket: 11 warps, 16 wefts per square inch; Lid (top): 7 warps, 14 wefts per square inch; Lid (knob): 14 warps, 11 wefts per square inch; Lip: 13 wefts per square inch. Rattle-top lid; brown bear track, blanket border.

Height 13 cm
Outside Diameter 18.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A/56 - Other Number

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