Haida Basketry Cover

Twined Basket

DPR Collections

Name/Title

Haida Basketry Cover

Description

Unusual work- seems to be created from a strip of older piece of basketry sewn together with spruce root, and with a top also sewn on with spruce root.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Pacific Northwest

Continent

North America

Culture/Tribe

Haida

Native American, First Nation

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Diameter

7-3/8 in

Material

Spruce Root, Bear Grass, Bear Grass, Dyed

Twined Basket Details

Twined Start

Intersecting interwoven spokes

Twined Finish

Self binding, 180°angle

Predominant Twining Type

Plain Twining

Warp ("Vertical" Elements)

Warp material

Spruce Root

Primary Warp Type

Simple: Plain or parallel arrangement

Weft ("Horizontal" Elements)

Weft material

Spruce Root, Bear Grass, Bear Grass, Dyed

Twined Construction Notes

Plain twining slants up and to the left (s), while the design elements slant up and to the right (z).