Basket Lid

NA7691.2

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7691.2
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, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"). Basket: 9 warps, 16 wefts per square inch; Lid (knob): 8 warps, 14 wefts per square inch; Lip: 8 wefts per square inch.

Height 11.8 cm
Outside Diameter 19.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A/41 - Other Number

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