Lidded basket
Maker
Unknown, Yup’ik
DateMid-20th C
MediumFiber, pigment, sea grass, also called beach grass (Elymus mollis)?
Dimensions7” H x 5 1/4” Diam.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object numberNA2010.061.LMA
DescriptionCoiled lidded sea grass basket. Basket has narrow foot, wide shoulder. Body of basket decorated with two large and two small sections of muted red and black designs against the natural colored ground. The negative space between the large designs forms a downward-facing arrow shape, in the center of which the small designs are located. Lid is undecorated and has a knob at the top.
ClassificationsBasketry
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