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NA7720B

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7720B
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Leather | Cloth
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Bowl-shaped; open basket. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain); 10 warps, 12 wefts per square inch. In-between starts at row 2; red and black strawberry design at top edge faded.

Height 8 cm
Width 24.5 cm
Depth 23 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A/54 - Other Number

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