Berry Basket

42-1-52

From: United States of America | Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 42-1-52
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit | Yakutat (Culture)
Provenience United States of America | Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Flaring. Spruce root twined with false embroidery of maidenhair fern in blanket border or wave pattern. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery").

Height 13.8 cm
Width 20.5 cm
Depth 21 cm
Outside Diameter 21 cm
Credit Line Purchased from the Ira Reed Estate through Wm. D. Morley Inc., 1942

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