Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0129-0012 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket lid | |
| Culture | Aleut | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Aleutian Islands | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1890s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Rye grass (Elymus sp.) stems; Silk yarn | |
| Description | Round domed lid with central knob handle; Lid is woven entirely in closed plain twining; Warp and weft material is rye grass stems; Designs are woven of silk yarns in false embroidery technique and consist of pink center and two concentric (one red with light blue borders and one green with pink borders) on knob handle and a single pink band with green borders on mid-shoulder of lid; Originally, lid probably fit on small cylindrical basket of same diameter. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 2.8, Max Diam = 5.5 | |