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NA7656

From: Alaska | Skeena River

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7656
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska | Skeena River
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Drinking cup. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 14 warps, 19 wefts per square inch. Selvage pattern; shaman's hat design around head. Design was created by overlay of dark material; no color inside.

Height 12.8 cm
Width 9.4 cm
Outside Diameter 5.9 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A/36 - Other Number

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