Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0108-0012 | |
| 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 | Round basket with flat base and vertical sides; Center of base of basket and lower 2/3 of sides are woven in plain twining technique, while outermost portion of base and final 2 cm below rim on sides are woven in alternating rows of plain twining and simple plaiting techniques; Single row of 3-strand twining is used at junction of base and sides; Warp material and wet material is spruce roots; Basket probably had fitted lid originally; Designs are woven of dyed spruce root in plain twining and of undyed bear grass leaves in false embroidery technique, and consist of concentric bands (3 blue-gray and 1 red) on the base, woven of dyed spruce root in a beading technique, a variation of plain twining in which 1 of the 2 weft fibers is a different color; Designs on sides of basket consist of a wide blue-gray band with lower red edge that encircles mid-section of basket, woven of dyed spruce roots in plain twining technique; Overlaying the blue-gray band is a rectilinear meander pattern, woven of undyed bear grass in false embroidery technique, resulting in a reciprocating pattern of blue-gray "T" shapes. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 8.0, Max Diam = 14.8 | |