Object Number | NA9220B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tlingit | Chilkat |
Provenience | Alaska |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Spruce Root | Leather |
Technique | Basketry | Twined |
Description | Large basket with an inverted bottom. Undecorated except for 16 rows of a "raven's cradle board" pattern below the rim made using skip stitch weaving. Two handles made from animal hide are attached at opposite sides of the rim. Previously folded. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand. 11 warps, 11 wefts per square inch. Because basket is new, design elements on side are visible on side. |
Height | 41.5 cm |
Width | 43 cm |
Depth | 39 cm |
Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918 |
Other Number | LVS 112 - Collector Number | NA9220 1/2 - Original Number | NA3324 - Other Number |
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