Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0090-0054 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket start (unfinished) | |
| 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 | Start of round flat basket lid, woven entirely in plain twining technique; Warp and weft material is spruce roots; Design consists of single maroon band with green inner and outer edges, that encircles woven portion of basket and is woven of dyed spruce roots in plain twining technique; Overlaying this band and woven in a false embroidery technique, using dyed bear grass leaves, is a series of 6 linear motifs that alternate in color between white and yellow; Portions of warp fibers extend out a maximum of 9 cm beyond woven portion of basket. NOTE: This item was most likely intended to be a lid, because the base of a basket would not have been decorated on its underside. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Thickness = 0.3, Max Diam = 25.3 | |