Basket

NA3350

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA3350
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | Cloth
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Large basket. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 8 warps and 16 wefts per square inch. Three-strand at bottom; three-strand at bottom side edge; selvage.

Height 36 cm
Outside Diameter 41 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1915
Other Number G478 - Gordon Number

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