Basket

NA1798.1

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA1798.1
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; ginger jar. Technical notes: twined, close twined, cross warp, two-strand, three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 10 warps and 16 wefts per square inch. Box around the cross design.

Height 22.5 cm
Outside Diameter 17 cm
Credit Line Purchased from the Estate of F. S. Plimpton, 1907
Other Number 237/20 - Plimpton Number

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