Baby Carrier
| Object Number: | NA9469 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Native American Voices Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Tlingit |
| Provenience: | Alaska Klukwan |
| Culture Area: | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Spruce Root Cedar String |
| Technique: | Basketry Twined |
| Height: | 11 cm |
| Width: | 61.7 cm |
| Depth: | 29.5 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 0 cm |
| Credit Line: | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1923 |
| Other Number: | 12 - Other Number |
Description
Baby carrier comprised of woven spruce root folded over a bent, wooden frame. Spruce root lashings and cotton string is used to hold the basketry in shape. The outer, lower edge has a raven's cradle board design woven in. This design is separated from the rest of the basketry by a weft row, which is narrower than the rest of the material and woven on a diagonal. Made from reused basketry. Would be covered with soft buckskin when in use.
Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand, diagonal/twill twining; 15 warps, 16 wefts per square inch.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) | View Objects in Exhibition |
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