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NA7657

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7657
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, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 8 warps, 10 wefts per square inch. Selvage pattern; wrapped root at bottom side; wrapped root at bands on bottom; wrapped root at top of sode.

Height 31.5 cm
Width 38 cm
Outside Diameter 30 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A/38 - Other Number

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