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50-50-16

From: United States of America | Alaska | Angoon Area | Ketintcian | Killisnoo Harbor | Admiralty Island

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 50-50-16
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Angoon Area | Ketintcian | Killisnoo Harbor | Admiralty Island
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Shiskin Smokehouse
Section American
Materials Spruce Root
Technique Basketry
Description

Spruce roots, twined. Emmons' weave type 2. Open top, circular base. Originally cylindrical, now flattened. Larger strands used on base. 2 small double handles of 2-ply cord, knotted on inside. Brown, many holes. Edge of plain twining using together 1 thick, 1 thin weft strand. Rim seems a crude Emmons' border type lo. 1 handle nearly gone. Basal circle has raised edge, longer weave

Height 35 cm
Length 59.5 cm
Thickness 0.4 cm
Credit Line Survey of Northern Tlingit Country, Frederica de Laguna, 1950

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