Basket Lid

NA3328D

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA3328D
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Lidded basket with rattle-top lid. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"), in-between weave (with plain), three-strand; 12 warps and 21 wefts per square inch; Body: 12 warps, 21 wefts; Lid knob: 12 warps, 18 wefts; Lid: 11 warps, 15 wefts.

Height 9.4 cm
Outside Diameter 17 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1915
Other Number G375 - Gordon Number

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