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97-85-9

From: Alaska | Prince William Sound

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 97-85-9
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit | Yakutat (Culture)
Provenience Alaska | Prince William Sound
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

truncated conical. Two-ply twining of spruce root with "half lozenge", "lozenge", and "crossing" designs in false embroidery on dyed bands. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 13 warps and 20 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom; shark teeth on mountain, beaver skin on stretching frame.

Height 14 cm
Width 21.1 cm
Depth 14 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-85-9 - Old Museum Number | 16136 - ANSP Number | I 840 - Gottschall Number

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