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97-85-16

From: Alaska | Prince William Sound

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 97-85-16
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit | Hoona
Provenience Alaska | Prince William Sound
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry
Description

Truncated conical. Two-ply twining alternating with bands of crossed warp. "Fire-weed" design in false embroidery; eye hole design. Technical notes: twined, open and close twined, cross-warp, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 10 warps and 13 wefts per square inch. Related to 97-85-14.

Height 14.6 cm
Width 21 cm
Depth 12 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-85-16 - Old Museum Number | 16146 - ANSP Number | I 858 - Gottschall Number

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