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11029

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 11029
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | Plant Fiber
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Cylindrical. Design in flase embroidery: "back bone." Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, diagonal/twill twining, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 8 warps and 17 wefts per square inch. Large fish flake design.

Height 10.3 cm
Width 11.5 cm
Depth 9.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Edward Drinker Cope, 1893

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