Basket

50-50-13

From: United States of America | Alaska | Angoon Area | Ketintcian | Killisnoo Harbor | Admiralty Island

Curatorial Section: American

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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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