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NA3341B

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA3341B
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, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), diagonal/twill twining, three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 14 warps and 17 wefts per square inch. Made by Mrs. Boyd, Sitka Alaska.

Height 16 cm
Width 19 cm
Depth 17 cm
Credit Line Purchased from John W. Murray, 1915
Other Number G.486 - Other Number | G. 285 - Other Number | G. 286 - Other Number

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