Berry Basket
29-4-1
From: United States of America | Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-4-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | False embroidery decoration, triangles and frets, bright polycrome aniline dyes. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 12 warps and 19 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom; tag "birthday present to Charlotte W. Crane from Mrs. Thomas A. Edison;" blanket border or wave designs. |
| Height | 18 cm |
| Width | 23.3 cm |
| Depth | 26 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Theron I. Crane, 1929 |
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