| Object Number | 97-85-5A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Dye |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Woman's work basket (.1) and lid (.2). Cylindrical. Rattle in disc of cover. Two-ply twining of spruce root with "lozenge" and "crossing" designs in false embroidery on side: "fern-fronds" and "crossing" on lid. Beaver skin on stretching rack. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 12 warps and 16 wefts per square inch. |
| Height | 12.4 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 16 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-85-5A - Old Museum Number | 16148 - ANSP Number | I 855 - Gottschall Number |
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