Berry Basket

NA3343

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA3343
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern | Cloth
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 8 warps and 12 wefts per square inch. Faded tides or wave pattern.

Height 23 cm
Width 26 cm
Depth 24 cm
Credit Line Purchased from E. M. Rhodes & Company, 1915
Other Number G/402 - Field No SF

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