Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0145-0107A,B | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket with lid | |
| Culture | Yup'ik (Yupik) Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | Bethel or Wade Hampton | |
| Other Geographic Data | Nushagak River area, Yukon- Kuskokwim Delta region | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Beach grass; Wool yarn | |
| Description | Deep, oval basket with flat base and rounded sides with in-curving rim; Corresponding oval lid with short lip is relatively flat and has braided loop handle; Both basket and lid are woven in coiled technique over bundle foundation, using smaller coils and narrower weft material than is typical of traditional Yup'ik coiled basketry; Start of both basket and lid is a braided band, a technique typical of northern Alaskan mat weaving; Several additional coils are inserted along ends on rim, possibly to compensate for ill-fitting lid; Warp and weft material is beach grass; Lengths of blue or red yarn are laid in with coiled stitches to form 4 decorative bands on exterior of basket (2 blue band around upper and lower sides and 2 red and blue bands around mid-section); 7 small geometric motifs in blue yarn are also embroidered pendant to lowest yarn band; Lid is undecorated. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 15.3, Width = 20.5, Rim Diam = 16.9, Length = 27.8 | |