Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0567-0007 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basketry covered bottle | |
| Culture | Aleut | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Aleutian Islands | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1890-1910 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Glass; Rye grass (Elymus sp.) stems; Worsted wool yarn | |
| Description | Small clear glass cylindrical bottle with tall neck that has been covered in basket conforming to bottle's shape and is woven primarily in plain closed twining, with single row of 3-strand twining in middle of base and two rows of exposed, crossed warps around midsection of neck; Warp and weft materials are rye grass stems; Designs are woven of worsted wool yarn which are substituted for grass weft fibers and consist of 6 regularly spaced single-row bands around sides of basket; Five of the design bands are red and green while the uppermost band is all red; Bottle may originally have had woven basketry lid. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 9.2, Rim Diam = 2.3, Max Diam = 4.2 | |