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50-50-14
From: United States of America | Alaska | Angoon Area | Ketintcian | Killisnoo Harbor | Admiralty Island
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 50-50-14 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tlingit |
Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Angoon Area | Ketintcian | Killisnoo Harbor | Admiralty Island |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Spruce Root | Fabric |
Technique | Basketry |
Description | Twined spruce root. Emmons' weave type 2. Cylindrical. Sides caved in. Circular base edged by 1 row of "embroidery". Brown with black stains. Emmons' border type 7 or 10 (?) 2 loop handles of cloth, sewn opposite each other on rim; 1 toen off, 1 standing above rim. Emmons' type 1/ (worn around neck). |
Height | 17 cm |
Thickness | 0.1 cm |
Outside Diameter | 14.4 cm |
Credit Line | Survey of Northern Tlingit Country, Frederica de Laguna, 1950 |
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