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NA3342A

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA3342A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Lidded basket. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 9 warps and 16 wefts per square inch. Missing lid; wrapped bands of spruce root on bottom.

Height 24.3 cm
Outside Diameter 26 cm
Credit Line Purchased from E. M. Rhodes & Company, 1915
Other Number 13 - Field No SF | 383 - Other Number

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