Berry Basket
31-23-1
From: United States of America | Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31-23-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Cylindrical. Twined weave with false embroidery. Design, disintegrated killer whale. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 14 warps and 22 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom, design in all fern, floated formline.. |
| Height | 17.1 cm |
| Width | 23 cm |
| Depth | 21 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from George E. Starr, 1931 |
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