Basket Lid

NA8992.2

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8992.2
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

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 13 warps and 15 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom, floating design.

Height 10.1 cm
Outside Diameter 17.1 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Richard Waln Meirs, 1918
Other Number 17 - Field No SF

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