Basket

NA8996.1

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8996.1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | Yarn
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Old; trinket case; one part slides within the other (telescoping). Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 13 warps and 19 wefts per square inch. TObacco basket; porpoise meat design outside, tying design inside.

Height 6.3 cm
Outside Diameter 7.62 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Richard Waln Meirs, 1918
Other Number B24 - Field No SF

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