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50-50-15

From: United States of America | Alaska | Angoon Area | Ketintcian | Killisnoo Harbor | Admiralty Island

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 50-50-15
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Angoon Area | Ketintcian | Killisnoo Harbor | Admiralty Island
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Shiskin Smokehouse
Section American
Materials Spruce Root
Technique Basketry
Description

Spruce roots, twined. Emmons' weave type 2. Open top, circular base. Originally cylindrical, now flattened. Larger strands used on base. 2 small double handles of 2-ply cord, knotted on inside. Brown, many holes. Rim of plain twining with irregularly spaced diagonal lines made by including 2 warps in 1 twist of weft. Rim finished with Emmons' border type.

Height 39 cm
Length 57 cm
Thickness 0.6 cm
Credit Line Survey of Northern Tlingit Country, Frederica de Laguna, 1950

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