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11023

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 11023
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Without cover. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 11 warps and 13 wefts per square inch. Simplified butterfly design.

Height 15.5 cm
Outside Diameter 18.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Edward Drinker Cope, 1893

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