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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0145-0016   CAS 0145-0016; Basket lid
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket lid
Culture Aleut
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data Aleutian Islands
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1890-1910
Collection Name N/A
Materials Rye grass (Elymus sp.) stems; Worsted wool yarn; Seal gut
Description Round domed lid with short knob handle; Lid is woven entirely in closed plain twining; Warp and weft material is rye grass stems; Designs are woven of worsted wool yarn and white seal gut in false embroidery technique and consist of concentric bands on knob in colors of yellow, white, and red; Designs on wide shoulder of lid consist of concentric bands of bicolored rectangles in colors of pink, red, blue, purple, and white, and which are grouped by color in pie-shaped areas that appear to radiate out from the center.
Dimensions (cm) Height = ca. 4.5, Max Diam = ca. 11.5