Basket
30-16-6
From: United States of America | Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 30-16-6 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Grass |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Deep, round. Made of roots of spruce tree; straw false embroidery in natural colour, blue, green, red, brown. Natural dyes and others taken from trade blankets. Greek key design. Berry-picking basket. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 10 warps and 16 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom; tide or wave design; selvage pattern. |
| Height | 22 cm |
| Width | 29 cm |
| Depth | 24.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Helen Huber, 1930 |
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