Object Number | NA5676 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chilkat | Tlingit |
Provenience | Alaska |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Spruce Root | Leather |
Technique | Basketry | Twined |
Description | Cylindrical basket with an inverted bottom. Rows of compact twining below the rim. Two handles made from twisted animal hide are attached at the rim on opposite sides. Previously folded. Damaged around the rim and along the base. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand. 11 wefts per square inch. 14 rows just plain twine at top. |
Height | 33.8 cm |
Width | 41 cm |
Outside Diameter | 40 cm |
Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917 |
Other Number | BT4 - Other Number |
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