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NA7650

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7650
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Dye | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 11 warp, 17 rows per square inch. Inverted bottom; strawberry weave on bottom, salvage pattern; descenders.

Height 12.8 cm
Width 13.5 cm
Outside Diameter 15.7 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A-13 - Field No SF

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