Basket
Basket Lid
| Object Number: | 57-26-16B |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Tlingit |
| Provenience: | Alaska |
| Culture Area: | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Spruce Root Grass |
| Technique: | Basketry Twined |
| Height: | 8.3 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 15 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of the George Washington Memorial Museum, 1957 |
| Other Number: | l-269-16 - Old Museum Number |
Description
Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 10 warps and 18 wefts per square inch. Rattle-top lid; three frogs design; pinwheel and triangle design on lid.
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