Tlingit Trinket Basket

Twined Basket

DPR Collections

Name/Title

Tlingit Trinket Basket

Description

Beautiful little trinket basket with two bands of bear grass false embroidery rectangles on the top and geometric designs on the sides, all in natural color.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Pacific Northwest

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Tlingit

Native American, First Nation

Dimensions

Height

2-13/16 in

Diameter

5-1/8 in

Material

Spruce Root, Bear Grass

Twined Basket Details

Twined Start

Knotted

Twined Finish

Compound binding, plaited or braided finish

Open/Closed Twining

Predominantly Closed Twined

Predominant Twining Type

Plain Twining

Twining Design Techniques

False Embroidery

Warp ("Vertical" Elements)

Warp material

Spruce Root

Primary Warp Type

Simple: Plain or parallel arrangement

Weft ("Horizontal" Elements)

Weft material

Spruce Root

Weft Slant

S Slant (up to left)

Twined Construction Notes

False embroidery designs in bear grass