Basket Lid
NA3982
From: Canada | British Columbia
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | NA3982 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tlingit |
Provenience | Canada | British Columbia |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern |
Technique | Basketry | Twined |
Description | For a medicine basket. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 8 warps and 10 wefts per square inch. Rattle top lid. |
Height | 3 cm |
Outside Diameter | 27 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912 |
Other Number | 26319 - Dealer's Number |
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