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29-175-595

From: Canada | British Columbia

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-175-595
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bella Bella
Provenience Canada | British Columbia
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Cedar Bark
Technique Basketry
Description

Flat. Rectangular. Checker work with wefts alternatingly wide and narrow. (Warps the size of narrow wefts) Top edge twined and then braided over rim strands. Row of twining either side of bottom. Weft where weaving started.

Height 28 cm
Width 33.5 cm
Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917
Other Number 6/9521 - Collector Number

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