Loosely twined, braided rim, made of Elymus mollis (sea rye) fiber. 5 bands of single and double strands of black fiber woven into the body, running longitudinally around the circumference. Center 3 bands accented with false embroidery. Includes part of base, body, rim. Fragment is that of a twined bag, possibly for food storage.
Donor:
United States National Museum
Collection place:
Kagamil Island, Islands of the Four Mountains, Aleutians West Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Kagamil Island
Collector:
Aleš Hrdlička
Collection date:
1939
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Fragments (object portions), and Twined weaving
Production date:
before 1800
Accession date:
1946
Context of use:
Fragment is that of a twined bag, possibly for food storage.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 39 centimeters and width 94 centimeters
Comment:
Published: Black, Lydia T. 1982 "Aleut Art". Anchorage: Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Assoc., Inc., pp. 164-169. References: A. Hrdlicka 1945 The Aleutian and Commander Islands and Their Inhabitants. Philadelphia: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology.