Basket

NA7694.1

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7694.1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Lidded basket. Technical notes: twined, open and close twined, cross-warp, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"). Basket bottom: 8 warps, 10 wefts per square inch; Basket top: 7 warps, 11 wefts per square inch; Lid (knob): 10 warps, 17 wefts per square inch; Lip: 12 wefts per square inch. Cross-wrap basket and lid, warp used as warp and weft on bottom.

Height 15 cm
Outside Diameter 18 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A/58 - Other Number

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