Basket Lid

NA3982

From: Canada | British Columbia

Curatorial Section: American

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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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