Object Number | NA5674 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Chilkat | Tlingit |
Provenience | Alaska |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Spruce Root |
Technique | Basketry | Twined |
Description | Large, cylindrical basket. Undecorated except for five horizontal lines in a "wild celery" pattern below the rim. Two handles made from twisted plant fibers are attached at the rim on opposite sides. A small section of the rim and side are repaired with a piece of cloth. Previously folded. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand. 11 warps, 17 wefts per square inch. |
Height | 38 cm |
Width | 44.3 cm |
Depth | 39.5 cm |
Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917 |
Other Number | BT2 - Field No SF |
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