Object Number | NA9209B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tlingit |
Provenience | Alaska |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Spruce Root | Grass |
Technique | Twined |
Description | Rattle-top lid to a cylindrical basket (NA9209A). The lid is encircled by an outer band of "blanket border" pattern with the rattle top having a stretched "shaman's hat" pattern. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"). Top: 18 warps, 22 wefts per square inch. Bottom: 18 warps, 22 wefts; Lip: 11 wefts; Knob: 16 warps, 22 wefts. Bottom-compact twine, rattle-top lid, cardboard in bottom. |
Height | 8.1 cm |
Outside Diameter | 10.2 cm |
Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918 |
Other Number | B.T.2 - Other Number |
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