Basket Fragment
97-85-3
From: United States of America | Alaska | Killisnoo
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-85-3 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Killisnoo |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Grass | Wood (uncertain) |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Basket lid, bottom, and fragments (3). Oval. Two-ply twining of spruce root with "blanket-border", "fire-weed" and "shaman's hat" designs in false embroidery. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 9 warps and 15 wefts per square inch. Ginger jar. |
| Height | 3 cm |
| Width | 14 cm |
| Depth | 26 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-85-3 - Old Museum Number | 11475 - ANSP Number |
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