Object Number | 97-85-14 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tlingit | Yakutat (Culture) |
Provenience | Alaska |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Spruce Root | Grass |
Technique | Basketry |
Description | Truncated conical. Two-ply twining alternating with bands of crossed warp. "Fire-weed" design in false embroidery. Technical notes: twined, open and close twined,cross-warp, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 9 warps and 16 wefts per square inch. |
Height | 10.5 cm |
Width | 16.5 cm |
Depth | 8 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
Other Number | L-85-14 - Old Museum Number | 16143 - ANSP Number | I 1089 - Gottschall Number |
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