| Object Number | 77-7-4 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Cylindrical spruce root basket. Finely woven, with vertical zig-zag pattern in a raised weave occurring about ever 2 1/2" on surface. Three horizontal bands of design in a dark brown fibre with some yellow. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, diagonal/twill twining, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 16 warps and 20 wefts per square inch. Zig-zag pattern; possibly related to 30-11-4. Salmon head and flying geese designs. |
| Height | 23.7 cm |
| Width | 35 cm |
| Depth | 16 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Theodore S. Fetter (nee Sara V. Walker) and Elizabeth Walker Crofts, 1977 |
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