Basket

NA3864A

From: United States of America | Alaska | Southeast Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA3864A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Southeast Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Medicine basket (A) with lid (B). Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery").

Height 8.6 cm
Outside Diameter 22 cm
Credit Line Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912

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