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NA8988

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8988
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit | Yakutat (Culture)
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Carrying. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 13 warps and 18 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom, shark's teeth designs, selvage pattern.

Height 21.6 cm
Width 26 cm
Depth 23.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Richard Waln Meirs, 1918
Other Number 40A - Field No SF

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