Basket Lid

42-29-2B

From: United States of America | Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 42-29-2B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | Maidenhair Fern
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Woman's work basket. Cylindrical: cover with rattle disc. Spruce root; 2-strand twining with false embroidery. Design: basket-- lozenges, shark's tooth, and butterfly; lid-- stickelback spawn and (centre) porpoise. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 15 warps and 18 wefts per square inch.

Outside Diameter 20 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Franklin Miles Day, 1942

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