Basket
Basket Lid
47-11-2A
From: United States of America | Alaska | Aleutian Islands | Attu Island
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 47-11-2A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Aleut |
Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Aleutian Islands | Attu Island |
Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Plant Fiber |
Technique | Basketry |
Description | Twined with eight rows of openwork of crossed warps. Wool overlay of small two-colour diamonds, red-blue, red-purple, red-light blue. Two rows of green and red red dots in quincunx arrangement. Cylindrical; lid with mushroom knob. |
Height | 27.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 14.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Eli Kirk Price 3rd, 1947 |
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