Object Number | NA5678 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chilkat | Tlingit |
Provenience | Alaska |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Spruce Root |
Technique | Basketry | Twined |
Description | Large, cylindrical basket. Undecorated except for a "raven's cradle board" pattern below the rim made using skip stitch weaving. Remnants of a twisted plant fiber handle are present along the rim. Opposite the handle, the rim is damaged. Previously folded. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand. 16 warps, 16 wefts per square inch. |
Height | 38.5 cm |
Outside Diameter | 38 cm |
Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917 |
Other Number | BT-6 - Other Number | LS - Other Number |
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