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47-11-10
From: Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 47-11-10 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Maidenhair Fern | Stem | Cotton Thread |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Twined with all-over diamond self pattern of two warp-twine. False embroidery in brown and black. Designs: two bands of variant of blanket-border pattern and one of negative "wood-worm". Flat base; expanding side. Broken rim.Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand, diagonal/twill twining, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"). Diamond pattern. |
| Height | 19.7 cm |
| Width | 25.5 cm |
| Depth | 23 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Eli Kirk Price 3rd, 1947 |
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