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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0145-0056   CAS 0145-0056; Basket
Category Basketry
Object Name Basket
Culture Haida or 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; Aniline dyes
Description Small round basket with flat base and slightly flaring sides, woven entirely in plain twining technique; Warp and weft material is spruce roots; Designs are also woven in plain twining technique, using dyed and undyed spruce roots as the weft; Designs include 5 parallel bands that encircle the sides of the basket; 3 of the design bands use dyed black spruce root and 2 of them use dyed red spruce root, and in each of the bands the dyed weft is manipulated so that the dyed weft aligns diagonally in successive rows of twining.
Dimensions (cm) Height = 8.0, Max Diam = 9.0