Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0152-0017 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Aleut | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | Aleutians West | |
| Other Geographic Data | Aleutian Islands: Atka or Unalaska Island | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Rye grass (Elymus sp.) stems; Worsted wool yarn | |
| Description | Small cylindrical basket with flat base and vertical sides, woven entirely in open plain twining on base and alternating bands of open plain twining (with exposed crossed warps) and closed plain twining on sides; Warp and weft material is rye grass stems; Designs on sides are of worsted red and brown wool yarn and are woven in false embroidery technique, but extant traces of yarn in interstices do not allow design elements or motifs to be identified. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.8, Max Diam = 8.8 | |