Berry Basket
42-1-17
From: United States of America | Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 42-1-17 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit | Yakutat (Culture) |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Slightly flaring. Fine weave spruce root twined with two bands of overlay false embroidery of maiden-hair fern stem in design of cross and tattoo in both bands. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 19 warps and 20 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom, three-strand on side and bottom, floated designs. |
| Height | 12.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 16.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the Ira Reed Estate through Wm. D. Morley Inc., 1942 |
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