Berry Basket
97-85-18
From: Alaska | Prince William Sound
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-85-18 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit | Yakutat (Culture) |
| Provenience | Alaska | Prince William Sound |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern | Stem |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Nearly cylindrical. Two-ply twining of spruce root with "tying" and "wave" designs in flase embroidery. Inverted bottom. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 10 warps and 16 wefts per square inch. |
| Height | 27.5 cm |
| Width | 23 cm |
| Depth | 29 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-85-18 - Old Museum Number | 16150 - ANSP Number | II 54 - Gottschall Number |
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