Basketry Start
Item Number:
1-1355
from the
The Burke: University of Washington
Automatically Generated From Material
The dye is black.
Item History
Received from
Alaska Fur Company
What
Name
Basketry Start
Identification Number
1-1355
Type of Item
basketry start
Material
cedar bark
,
sedge grass
and
dye
Manufacturing Technique
plaited
,
twined
,
wrapped twined
and
dyed
Overall
length 10.5 in, width 2.5 in
Who
Culture
Makah
Received from
Alaska Fur Company
Where
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
Other
Credit
Purchased from the Alaska Fur Company
Motif
Geometric
Collection
Burke Museum Ethnology Collection