Basket, Grass - Inartaq
Kodiak History Museum > Kodiak History Museum Alutiiq/Sugpiaq Ethnographic Collection
96-5-7
Grass
Height: 13.3 cm.
Diameter: 11.4 cm.
20th century
Alutiiq
Courtesy of the Kodiak History Museum
Nell Waage Parker Collection
Fish Basket (open work)
5 1/4" high x 4 1/2" diam. open work apprx. 1/4" high in straight stich around middle 1st row of yellow thread decoration in 2" increments, row above has 2 lavender 2" decoration. Top row is 3/4" high with spokes gathered together forming triangle openings. These strands are incorporated into a coarse braid 1/2" wide which tapers downto 3/16" wide and makes the handle.