Berry Basket

NA8360

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8360
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Berry basket made for sale. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 17 warps and 21 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom, four whales, three-strand before and after design.

Height 13.5 cm
Width 17 cm
Depth 18 cm
Credit Line Gift of William K. Jewett, 1918
Other Number 3108 - Collector Number

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