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NA7655

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7655
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 9 warps, 13 wefts per square inch. Tides or wave tying; selvage pattern; three-strand bottom bands; three-strand side bottom edge.

Height 26.8 cm
Width 29.5 cm
Depth 31 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A/35 - Field No SF

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