Diagonal twining of Elymus mollis (sea rye), loosely woven. Charred.
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) and Charred
Production date:
before 1800
Accession date:
1946
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6 centimeters and width 6 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.