Basket Lid

NA7686B

From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7686B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Sitka
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Pigment | Grass | Maidenhair Fern
Technique Basketry
Description

Lid for basket. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 10 warps, 16 wefts per square inch. Rattle-top lid.

Height 9 cm
Width 19.2 cm
Depth 19.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A/24 - Other Number

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