Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0507-0002 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Northern Athabascan | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada or USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Northwest Territories or Alaska | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Willow (Salix sp.) shoots and roots; Leather; Glass beads; Cotton string | |
| Description | Round basket with flat base and slightly flaring sides that rise to a wide, round mouth; Basket is woven in coiled technique over a single rod foundation; Warp material is willow shoots and weft material is willow roots; Weaving stitches are very uneven because of consistent splitting of the warp rods with each succeeding row of coiling; Two native-tanned leather loops are attached opposite each other at the rim and each is coil-wrapped with willow roots; 4 large diameter black glass beads and 5 similarly sized redheart beads are woven into the weft in a band around the lower sides, and 10 small hanks of dyed blue cotton string are arranged in a band around the mid-section, with each hank sewn to the basket with brown string. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.5, Max Diam = 15.7 | |