Samples: Weaving Process
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Oct 1985
label: Collection Date
content: 1984
name: label: Collector
content: Ms. Eleanor Klingel
label: Donor Name
content: Ms. Eleanor Klingel
notes: label: Notes
content: THE DIFFERENT STEPS IN THE WEAVING OF A COILED BASKET, AS PRESENTED BY WEAVER EMILY TALAVERA, AGE 36. "MATERIAL NEEDED TO MAKE A BASKET. 1 THIMBLE,2 NEEDLE, 3.SISSORS (SIC), 4. TOWEL OR CLOTH-DAMPENED TO GET STRAW READY FOR USE, USUALLY THE NIGHT BEFORE AND THEN WRAP...INTOWEL AND PLASTIC...TO KEEP TOWEL DAMP". 1/5 "NATURAL STRAW" FOLDED LENGTH OF UNDYED GRASS.2/5 "DYED STRAW" FOLDED LENGTH OF RED DYED GRASS. COLOR IS DYED TO NATURAL STRAW W/ NATURAL DYE,SUCH AS BERRIE,WEED ETC. OR TODAY A COMMERCIAL DYE".3/5 STARTING KNOT THREE GRASS STRANDS WITH SINGLE KNOT."TO START BASKET TIE A KNOT ABOUT 1" TO 2" FROM END AND TURN COIL AND SEW AROUND KNOT".4/5 BEGINNING COILS, BASKET START W/ BUNDLES WRAPPED 4 TIMES AROUND,THE FIRST RED STITCHES APPLIED. "SAMPLE OF A STARTED BASKET AND HOW DESIGN IS SEWED ON W/ COLORED STRAW."5/5 BASKET BASE FLAT CIRCLE OF COILED GRASS,BUNDLE FOUNDATION,NATURAL COLOR EXTENDS OUT."THEN YOU HAVE A BIGGER BASKET FOR HOT PAD TO FINISH OFF YOU CUT FILLER SLANTE AND SEW OVER TO FINISH."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 5
place: label: Place
content: Nunivak Island / Mekoryuk, Bering Sea, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 367387
label: USNM Number
content: E424175-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Basket
physicalDescription: label: Length - Natural Straw
content: 9.5 cm
label: Length - Dyed Straw
content: 11 cm
label: Length - Knot
content: 27 cm
label: Length - Beginning Coils
content: 26 cm