Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0073-0002 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Tlingit | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | British Columbia | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| 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 | Small deep round basket with rounded base and flaring sides; Base of basket is woven in plain twining technique in its center and then in alternate rows of plaint twining and simple plaiting; Sides of basket are woven entirely in plain twining technique, except for a single row of 3-strand twining at the junction of the base and sides and another forming the final row of twining along the rim; Warp and weft material is spruce roots; Designs are woven in false embroidery technique, using dyed bear grass leaves, and consist of a band that encircles the mid-section of the basket and contains 4 bands of narrow parallelograms that are stacked diagonally, and whose present color is various shades of brown, but were probably originally green and red; Above and below the main design band is a single row woven in plain twining, in which one of the weft fibers is dyed green spruce root, resulting in a dashed line. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 6.0, Max Diam = ca. 7.8 | |