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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0145-0120   CAS 0145-0120; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Aleut or Inupiat
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County unknown
Other Geographic Data Aleutian Islands or Northwest Alaska
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Rye grass (Elymus sp.) stems
Description Cylindrical carrying basket with flat base and vertical sides, woven entirely in open plain twining; Warp and weft material is rye grass stems; Throughout basket the warps are paired, with the fibers in each pair diverted either to the left or right (no consistently on base) in each succeeding row of twining; Warps are braided at rim forming a scalloped rim and also incorporated into heavier looped braid just above rim that is connected at midpoint of each scallop on rim; Basket appears to never have had a carrying strap; Basket is completely undecorated, except for double row of exposed, crossed warps just below rim.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 25.5, Max Diam = 27.5