Basket, Spruce Root - Inartaq
Alaska State Museum > Alaska State Museum Alutiiq/Sugpiaq Ethnographic Collection
II-A-6858
Spruce Root;Grass
Height: 10"
Width: 10.5"
Length: 11.25"
Unknown
Alutiiq
From Wickersham collection, from Ferry Museum, Tacoma, WA.
Twined spruce root basket. Cylindrical, with slight flare. Decorated with false embroidery in three consecutive horizontal bands. Bands 1 and 3 are "the cross" (see gloss) and "half the head of salmonberry." Center band is the "tying" pattern. Design covers upper 2/3 of the basket.