Basket
45-15-12.1
From: United States of America | Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 45-15-12.1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Grass |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Iconography | Bear |
| Description | Woman's work basket, spruce root twined, false embriodery in natural color. Crossing and head of salmon berry, on broad flat knob, forn fronds, on main surface, bear-tracks. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"), 9 warps and162 wefts per square inch. |
| Height | 9.6 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 21.2 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Owen Stephens, 1945 |
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