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NA8609

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8609
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Bowl shaped designed. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 10 warps and 13 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom; design on interior as well as exterior; war pick/club design; fern frond design on inside; three-strand on side bottom; related to 30-15-1.

Height 12.3 cm
Outside Diameter 19 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mr. Moyer Fleisher, 1919

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