Berry Basket
30-16-7
From: United States of America | Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 30-16-7 |
| 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. Design -- in a wide band -- is composed of a series of zigzags (butterfly ?). The spruce root is blue, red, and green; the embroidery is reddish brown, orange, and natural. Natural dyes and others taken from trade goods. Berry-picking basket. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 12 warps and 14 wefts per square inch. Half head of salmon berry design; color three-strand. |
| Height | 22 cm |
| Width | 24.5 cm |
| Depth | 21 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Helen Huber, 1930 |
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