Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0145-0016 | |
| 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. 1890-1910 | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Rye grass (Elymus sp.) stems; Worsted wool yarn; Seal gut | |
| Description | Round domed lid with short knob handle; Lid is woven entirely in closed plain twining; Warp and weft material is rye grass stems; Designs are woven of worsted wool yarn and white seal gut in false embroidery technique and consist of concentric bands on knob in colors of yellow, white, and red; Designs on wide shoulder of lid consist of concentric bands of bicolored rectangles in colors of pink, red, blue, purple, and white, and which are grouped by color in pie-shaped areas that appear to radiate out from the center. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = ca. 4.5, Max Diam = ca. 11.5 | |