| Object Number | NA8991.1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit | Yakutat (Culture) |
| Provenience | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Grass |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Rattle lid. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 15 warps and 17 wefts per square inch. Rattle-top lid; label: "small covered basket woven of split young spruce root and wild rye straws. Tlilngit Indians Yakutat Alaska," and back: "seed in the lid give sthe alarm when anyone attempts to steal the treasure basket." Label: "broken key design." |
| Height | 13.8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 20.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Richard Waln Meirs, 1918 |
| Other Number | 16 - Field No SF |
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