Berry Basket
| Object Number: | 30-16-7 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Tlingit |
| Provenience: | United States of America Alaska |
| Culture Area: | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Spruce Root Grass |
| Technique: | Basketry Twined |
| Height: | 22 cm |
| Width: | 24.5 cm |
| Depth: | 21 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Helen Huber, 1930 |
Description
Deep, round. Made of roots of spruce tree; straw false embroidery. Design -- in a wide band -- is composed of a series of zigzags (butterfly ?). The spruce root is blue, red, and green; the embroidery is reddish brown, orange, and natural. Natural dyes and others taken from trade goods. Berry-picking basket. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 12 warps and 14 wefts per square inch. Half head of salmon berry design; color three-strand.
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