Mat
97-85-27
From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-85-27 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Sitka |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Grass |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Two-ply twining with "salmon berry" design in false embroidery. Khuke-toogu, i.e. "basket bottom". Mat placed before guests for resting the horn spoon upon. Technical notes: twined, 7 warps and 15 wefts per square inch. Grass pattern; the salmon berry design in this context creates a flower. |
| Outside Diameter | 12.07 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-85-27 - Old Museum Number | 11469 - ANSP Number |
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