Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1986-0004-0040 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Tlingit | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada or USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | British Columbia or Alaska | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Area near Klukwan, Alaska | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Western red cedar (?) (Thuja plicata) bark and roots; Leather | |
| Description | Very large and deep round utility basket with round, flat base and vertical sides, woven primarily in alternating rows of plaint twining and simple plaiting, except for single row of 3-strand twining along juncture of base and sides, another at approx. 4.5 cm below rim, and a third one at 0.5 cm below rim; Band of diagonal twining measuring 4.5 cm wide encircles uppermost sides of basket just below rim, and narrow 3-strand braided band outlines the actual rim; Warp and weft material is spruce roots; Basket is completely undecorated except for band of diagonal twining along rim which forms a series of parallel zigzags on the otherwise plain-twined background; Pair of double-strand leather loops are threaded through upper sides of basket near rim. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = ca. 44.0, Max Diam = ca. 55.0 | |