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NA8611

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8611
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

Damaged, designed. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 9 warps and 13 wefts per square inch.Blanket border designs.

Height 26.8 cm
Width 36 cm
Depth 26 cm
Outside Diameter 0 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mr. Moyer Fleisher, 1919

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