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NA8195

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8195
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Rawhide | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 10 warps and 14 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom; old style design.

Height 23.8 cm
Outside Diameter 25 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Henry K. Deisher, 1918
Other Number 264 (Deisher #) - Collector Number

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