Basket Lid

NA3337.2

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

View All (3) Object Images

Object Number NA3337.2
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 (ginger jar?). Inverted bottom, no knob on lid. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 8 warps and 14 wefts per square inch; Body: 8 warp, 14 weft; Lid: 11 warp, 13 weft; Lip: 7 weft.

Height 16 cm
Outside Diameter 15 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1915
Other Number G488 - Gordon Number

Report problems and issues to digitalmedia@pennmuseum.org.