Berry Basket
97-85-6
From: Alaska | Prince William Sound
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-85-6 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | Alaska | Prince William Sound |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Grass |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Berrying basket. Cylindrical. Two-ply twining of spruce root with "blanket-border" design in false embroidery: filling and bands of dyed spruce root. Inverted bottom. Tlingit weave and design. Eskimo make [?]. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 10 warps and 14 wefts per square inch. |
| Height | 16.2 cm |
| Width | 17 cm |
| Depth | 13.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-85-6 - Old Museum Number | 16133 - ANSP Number | II 59 - Gottschall Number |
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