Object Number | NA7695.1 |
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. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"). Basket: 8 warps, 13 wefts per square inch; Lid (knob): 13 warps, 17 wefts per square inch; Lid: 10 wefts per square inch. Rattle-top lid; lid does not match basket; fireweed pattern on lid and fern frond; body: raven's tail and halibut tail? |
Height | 9.7 cm |
Outside Diameter | 21 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918 |
Other Number | A/78 - Field No SF | 4005 - Other Number |
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