Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0145-0029 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | Haida or Tlingit | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | Canada | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | British Columbia | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | Central coastal area | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Spruce (Picea sp.) or cedar (Cedrus sp.) roots and splints; Vegetal (?) dye | |
| Description | Deep round basket with flat base and slightly flaring sides; Center of base and final few rows immediately below rim are woven in plain twining, and remainder of basket is woven in spaced plain twining over diagonally crossed warps; Direction of warps is reversed several times; Warp fibers are bent over at rim and incorporated into a coil-wrapped bundle; Warp material is either spruce or cedar splints; Weft material is either spruce or cedar roots; Designs are woven of dyed black weft fibers and consist of 3 parallel bands (1 on the base and 2 on the sides) that encircle the basket; Single loop handle made from doubled length of 3-ply weft fiber is attached to rim (no evidence of second handle on opposite rim). | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = ca. 16.5, Max Diam = 24.0 | |