Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 1984-0013-0008 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Tlingit | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | British Columbia | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Spruce (Picea sp.) roots; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Small round basket with flat base and flaring sides, woven entirely in plain twining technique except for single row of 3-strand twining along juncture of base and sides and along rim; Warp and weft material spruce roots; Designs include one dyed brown spruce root fiber in each of the 3-strand twined rows, and well as 2 rectilinear meander bands that encircle the sides of the basket, each woven of dyed rust-brown bear grass leaves in a false embroidery technique, and enclosing an orange rectangle within each angle of the meander; Rectangles are also woven of bear grass leaves; Each meander band is framed above and below by a single row of dark brown spruce roots that are woven in plain twining. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 9.7, Max Diam = 12.9 | |