Basket
Basket Lid
| Object Number: | NA7693 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Tlingit |
| Provenience: | Alaska |
| Culture Area: | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Spruce Root Grass |
| Technique: | Basketry Twined |
| Height: | 8 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 12.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918 |
| Other Number: | A/57 - Field No SF |
Description
Open work basket. Vessel rattle, basket with rattling lid. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"). basket: 12 warps, 17 wefts per square inch; Lid (knob): 12 warps, 14 wefts per square inch; Lip: 9 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom; rattle-top lid; green strawberry
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