Berry Basket

NA1256E

From: Alaska | Klukwan

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA1256E
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chilkat | Tlingit
Provenience Alaska | Klukwan
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Leather
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Cylindrical basket with an inverted bottom. Undecorated except for a "raven's cradle board" pattern below the rim made using skip stitch weaving. One hide handle is attached at the rim. Rim damaged.

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two strand, three strand, diagonal/twill twining, in between weave (with plain). 14 warps and 11 rows per square inch.

Height 20 cm
Width 25 cm
Depth 13.5 cm
Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905

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