Basket

NA3338.1

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA3338.1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Lidded basket; no knob on lid. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 11 warps and 14 wefts per square inch; Body: 10 warp, 15 weft; Lid: 11 warp, 13 weft; Lip: 6 weft.

Height 5.8 cm
Outside Diameter 6 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1915
Other Number G392 - Gordon Number

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