Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0567-0002 | |
| 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. 1890-1910 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Rye grass (Elymus sp.) stems; Worsted wool yarn | |
| Description | Small cylindrical basket with flat base and vertical sides, woven primarily in closed plain twining, with regularly spaced rows of exposed, crossed warps on the side of the basket; Warp and weft fiber is rye grass stems; Designs on upper sides of basket are woven of worsted wool yarn in false embroidery technique and consist of light blue band bordered by red and blue checked band; A second design band just below rim consists of row of spaced alternating orange and green blocks with similar sized blocks of light blue in between but one row above them. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 6.7, Max Diam = 7.9 | |