Berry Basket

NA5684

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA5684
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chilkat | Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Yarn
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Cylindrical basket with an inverted bottom. One handle made from braided yarn is attached at the rim. Multiple repairs are made along the rim using plant fiber.

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain). 8 warps, 15 wefts per square inch. Compact twine.

Height 17 cm
Width 21 cm
Depth 17 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917
Other Number B.T.1 - Other Number

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