Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0129-0009A,B | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket with lid | |
| 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. 1890s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Rye grass (Elymus sp.) stems; Worsted wool yarn; Seal gut | |
| Description | Deep cylindrical basket with flat base and vertical sides, woven entirely in closed plain twining; Warp and weft material is rye grass stems; Designs are woven of worsted wool yarn in false embroidery technique and consist of 7 parallel bands of spaced rectangles (each with white center bar flanked above and below by red, green, blue, or gray bars) that encircle sides of basket; Matching round lid is woven in similar technique with 5 rows of crossed and exposed warps on sides; Designs on lid are similar to those on lower portion but number only 4 bands in colors of red, coral, light blue, green, and dark brown; Lid fits down over significant portion of lower basket; Basket may have been made as cylindrical cigarette case. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 10.3, Rim Diam = 6.6, Max Diam = 7.3 | |