| Object Number | NA9489 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Plant Fiber | Spruce Root |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Cylindrical basket strainer with a close twined rim and base. The side walls are done in an open work, cross-warp weaving in an eye-hole design. Decorated around the rim with what appears to be four bands of "strawberry basket," or checked, patterns in dark fibers separated by three bands of twining. Technical notes: twined, open twined, two-strand, cross-warp, diagonal/twill twining. 5 warps, 9 wefts per square inch. Cross-warping: 5 warps, 4 wefts per square inch. |
| Height | 31 cm |
| Width | 24 cm |
| Depth | 23 cm |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1923 |
| Other Number | 42 - Other Number |
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