Basket

NA3333.1

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA3333.1
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 with fish flake design.. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"), in-between weave (with plain); 11 warps and 16 wefts per square inch; Body: 11 warp, 16 weft; Lid: 12 warp, 15 weft; Lid lip: 8 weft.

Height 6.5 cm
Outside Diameter 11 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1915
Other Number G382 - Gordon Number

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