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57-26-15

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 57-26-15
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, open and close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 12 warps and 13 wefts per square inch. Tying design; created to be sold; cross-warp eye hole design.

Height 21 cm
Outside Diameter 26 cm
Credit Line Gift of the George Washington Memorial Museum, 1957
Other Number L-269-15 - Old Museum Number | 233 - Other Number

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