Nootka Basketry Covered Bottle

Twined Basket

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Nootka Basketry Covered Bottle

Nootka Basketry Covered Bottle

Name/Title

Nootka Basketry Covered Bottle

Description

Small bottle- maybe soy sauce bottle(?) covered with basketry, including the plastic bottle lid. One whale design in the lower portion, three ducks in the bottle shoulder.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Pacific Northwest

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Nuu-chah-nulth
Native American, First Nation

Dimensions

Height

7 in

Diameter

2 in

Materials

Material

Cedar Root, Spruce Root, Bear Grass, Bear Grass, Dyed, Glass, Plastic

Material Notes

The bottle is clear glass with a red plastic lid.

Twined Basket Details

Twined Start

Intersecting plated spokes

Twined Finish

Clipped

Open/Closed Twining

Predominantly Closed Twined

Predominant Twining Type

Plain Twining

Twining Design Techniques

Change of Material, Alternating Bands of Open and Closed Twining

Warp ("Vertical" Elements)

Warp material

Spruce Root

Primary Warp Type

Compound: Combining two or more types

Weft ("Horizontal" Elements)

Weft material

Bear Grass, Bear Grass, Dyed, Cedar Root

Weft Slant

Z Slant (up to right)