Object Number | NA7694.2 |
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. Technical notes: twined, open and close twined, cross-warp, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"). Basket bottom: 8 warps, 10 wefts per square inch; Basket top: 7 warps, 11 wefts per square inch; Lid (knob): 10 warps, 17 wefts per square inch; Lip: 12 wefts per square inch. Cross-wrap basket and lid, warp used as warp and weft on bottom. |
Height | 15 cm |
Outside Diameter | 18 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918 |
Other Number | A/58 - Other Number |
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