Berry Basket

NA3353

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA3353
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 11 warps and 16 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom; ascenders, descenders, half head of a salmonberry design.

Height 19.3 cm
Width 26.5 cm
Depth 19 cm
Credit Line Purchased from E. M. Rhodes & Company, 1915
Other Number G400 - Field No SF

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