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Object Number:NA3278A
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Aleut
Provenience: Alaska
Attu Island
Aleutian Islands
Culture Area: Arctic Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Plant Fiber
Technique:Basketry
Height: 10.49 cm
Outside Diameter:13.67 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from E. M. Rhodes & Company, 1915

Description

Cylindrical. Lid flat with knob. Plain twined weave. Decorated with worsted.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Preucel, Robert W., and Wierzbowski, William S., and Williams, Lucy F. 2005. Native American Voices on Identity, Art and Culture: Objects of Everlasting Esteem.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pages 34-35/Plate 4View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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