| Object Number | NA9219 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Grass |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Cylindrical basket with slightly expanding sides and an inverted bottom. The basket is separated into three sections of open work, cross-warp weaving in an eye-hole design. Two close twined bands are woven between the open work and feature false embroidery "leaves of fireweed" patterns pointing in opposite directions. Technical notes: twined, open and close twined, cross-warp, two-strand, three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"). 15 warps, 16 wefts per square inch. Bottom in between. |
| Height | 10 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 13 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918 |
| Other Number | B.T.13 - Other Number |
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