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NA7662

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7662
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 9 warps, 19 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom; northern fish rack design; selvage pattern; three-strand bottom of side.

Height 26.4 cm
Width 28.5 cm
Depth 25 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A/52 - Other Number

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