Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0091-0033A,B | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket with lid | |
| 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. 1900-1905 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Spruce (Picea sp.) roots; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Maidenhair fern (Adiantum sp.) stems; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Deep round cylindrical basket with flat base and vertical sides, along with round domed lid with wide flat knob handle and low sides that fit over the basket's rim; Both basket and lid are woven in plain twining technique except one band of 3-strand twining at juncture of base and sides of the basket and another along edge of lid; Warp material and primary weft material is spruce roots; Designs are woven in plain twining on base and consist of two concentric bands of dyed green spruce root; Designs on sides are woven in false embroidery technique of dyed bear grass and consist of 3 bands, each composed of 4 very wide S-shaped motifs in alternate colors of green and orange; Designs on lid are also woven in false embroidery and consist of 2 concentric bands (1 on knob handle and 1 on top of lid) that are divided into parallelogram-shaped segments in solid colors of orange or green dyed bear grass and black maidenhair fern; In both rows of 3-strand twining, 1 of the wefts is dyed green. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 20.3, Max Diam = 15.3 | |