Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0090-0005 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Rye grass (Elymus sp.) stems and leaves; Seal skin | |
| Description | Round basket with wide flat base and slightly inward sloping sides, all woven in coiling technique over bundle foundation; Warp material is rye grass stems and weft material is rye grass leaves; Approximately half of the base is woven as a flat pedestal base, while the outermost coils are raised approximately one-half coil higher; Designs consist of five pairs of vertically aligned squares around the sides of the basket, all woven of brown seal skin. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 11.4, Rim Diam = 32.0, Max Diam = 33.3 | |