Basket
50-50-13
From: United States of America | Alaska | Angoon Area | Ketintcian | Killisnoo Harbor | Admiralty Island
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 50-50-13 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tlingit |
Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Angoon Area | Ketintcian | Killisnoo Harbor | Admiralty Island |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Spruce Root |
Technique | Basketry |
Description | Large berry basket. Spruce root. Twined. Emmons' weave type 2. Small base with flaring sides, (Emmons' type 13). Emmons' border type 7 or 10(?), most torn off. Torn near rim and through center of base. Used as winnowing tray. |
Height | 14.5 cm |
Thickness | 0.1 cm |
Outside Diameter | 45 cm |
Credit Line | Survey of Northern Tlingit Country, Frederica de Laguna, 1950 |
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