Tlingit Cup

Twined Basket

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DPR Collections

Tlingit Cup

Tlingit Cup

Name/Title

Tlingit Cup

Description

Superbly made, very finely woven cup with maidenhair zigzags.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Pacific Northwest

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Tlingit
Native American, First Nation

Dimensions

Height

3-3/4 in

Diameter

3-1/4 in

Material

Spruce Root, Maidenhair Fern

Twined Basket Details

Twined Start

Intersecting interwoven spokes

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, Maidenhair Fern

Weft Slant

S Slant (up to left)

Twined Construction Notes

The basket has one band of three strand twining at the junction between the base and the sides.