Basket
| Object Number: | 76-9-1A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Aleut |
| Provenience: | Alaska Attu Island Aleutian Islands |
| Culture Area: | Arctic Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Plant Fiber Silk |
| Technique: | Basketry |
| Height: | 10 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 12.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Terhune, 1976 |
Description
Cylindrical finely woven basket with lid. Made of dried grasses and embroidered with silk thread in geometric designs (repeated over surface). Embroidery colors: red, green, pink, blue, la vendor, purple, orange. Concentric circles of "lattice" work on base of basket.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Preucel, Robert W., and Wierzbowski, William S., and Williams, Lucy F. 2005. Native American Voices on Identity, Art and Culture: Objects of Everlasting Esteem.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 34-35 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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