Kuskokwim Eskimo Lidded Basket

Coiled Basket

DPR Collections

Name/Title

Kuskokwim Eskimo Lidded Basket

Description

Great old Alaskan basket decorated with dyed bird leg skin and seal gut beading. The interior has a pink polyester cloth lining sewn on apparently to make it into a sewing basket.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1900

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Subarctic and Arctic

Culture/Tribe

Yupik

Native American, First Nation

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Diameter

9 in

Material

Beach Grass, Bird Leg Skin, Seal Gut

Coiled Basket Details

Coiled Start Type

Oval

Coiled Start Material

Beach Grass

Coiled Finish Type

Self Coiled

Foundation

Coiled Foundation Type

Bundle

Coiled Foundation Material

Beach Grass

Coil Direction

Right

Stitch Details

Stitch Spacing

Predominantly Closed Spacing

Background Stitch Material

Beach Grass

Design Stitch Material

Bird Leg Skin, Seal Gut

Stitch Details

Unsplit or Whole, Non-Interlocking, Non-Bifurcated

Stitch End

Tucked

Coiled Contruction Notes

The bird leg skin and dyed seal gut decoration is applied with the "beading" method.

Other Decoration Materials and Types

Decoration Material

Bird Leg Skin

Decoration Type

Applied

Decoration Material

Seal Gut

Decoration Type

Applied