Basket

NA1293B

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA1293B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Berry basket. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain); 7 warps and 12 wefts per square inch. Inverted; open work basket of the kind used by weavers to hold materials and tools.

Height 20 cm
Width 42 cm
Depth 45 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. E. M. Rhodes, 1905

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