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NA7700.2

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7700.2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Tobacco box. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); Basket: 21 warps, 21 wefts per square inch (plain part); 14 warps, 20 wefts per square inch (design part); Lid: 14 warps, 20 wefts per square inch.

Height 4 cm
Outside Diameter 3.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A/1 - Field No SF

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