Berry Basket
| Object Number: | 30-11-6 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Tlingit |
| Provenience: | United States of America Alaska |
| Culture Area: | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Spruce Root Grass maidenhair fern |
| Technique: | Basketry Twined |
| Height: | 11.6 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 15.8 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Louis Shotridge, 1930 |
| Other Number: | 8 - Other Number |
Description
Cylindrical basket with slightly expanding sides. Made of split roots of the spruce tree, fine weave, natural color. Decorated with upper and lower bands of straw false embroidery in a "shaman's hat" pattern in orange. Central band of three rows of checker board in black and natural colors. Natural Indian dyes.
Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"). 17 warps, 22 wefts per square inch. Bottom in between.
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