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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0090-0005   CAS 0090-0005; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County
Other Geographic Data
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. early 1900s
Collection Name N/A
Materials Rye grass (Elymus sp.) stems and leaves; Seal skin
Description Round basket with wide flat base and slightly inward sloping sides, all woven in coiling technique over bundle foundation; Warp material is rye grass stems and weft material is rye grass leaves; Approximately half of the base is woven as a flat pedestal base, while the outermost coils are raised approximately one-half coil higher; Designs consist of five pairs of vertically aligned squares around the sides of the basket, all woven of brown seal skin.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 11.4, Rim Diam = 32.0, Max Diam = 33.3