Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1986-0004-0044 | |
| 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 | Spruce (Picea sp.) roots; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Round basket with flat base and slightly flaring sides; Base of basket is woven in alternating rows of plain twining and simple plaiting, except for single row of 3-strand twining at juncture of base and sides; Sides are woven entirely in plain twining and the rim is finished with a row of 3-strand twining; Warp and weft material is spruce roots; Designs are woven of undyed and dyed bear grass leaves in a false embroidery technique, and consists of 3 parallel bands that encircle the sides; Upper and lower bands contain series of open black rectangles connected by horizontal bars, all framed between orange framing lines; Center band contains a zigzag line made of black and straw-colored parallelograms, also framed between orange framing lines; Framing lines of center band are woven in modified false embroidery stitch in which only every other stitch is visible on the surface. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 12.2, Max Diam = 16.2 | |