Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0469-0001 | |
| Category | Basketry | |
| Object Name | Basket | |
| Culture | 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. late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | N/A | |
| Materials | Spruce (Picea sp.) roots; Bear grass (Xerophyllum tenax) leaves; Aniline dyes | |
| Description | Deep round basket with flat base and slightly flaring sides; Base of basket is woven almost entirely in alternating rows of plain twining and simple plaiting; Outermost cm on base and entire sides are woven in plain twining technique; Warp and weft material is spruce roots; Designs include two concentric bands on base in which the weft material in the simple plaited rows is dyed black spruce roots; Pair of composite bands (each comprising alternating red and green bands) that are woven of dyed red and green spruce roots in plain twining technique encircle the mid-section of the basket and each serves as the background for a continuous rectilinear meander pattern, woven of undyed bear grass leaves in false embroidery; Narrower band between the primary bands is filled with elongated red and green (?) diagonal terraces straw-colored background, woven entirely of dyed and undyed bear grass leaves in false embroidery; Additional vertical rectilinear meander motifs are located at four points above and below the design bands, with 2 of them being red and 2 being black. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 23.7, Max Diam = 30.7 | |