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NA8994.1

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8994.1
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

Rattle-top lid, butterfly design. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 13 warps and 16 wefts per square inch.

Height 11.2 cm
Outside Diameter 15.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Richard Waln Meirs, 1918
Other Number 19 - Field No SF

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