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29-175-681
From: Washington (U. S. State) | Hood Canal
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 29-175-681 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Salish | Twana |
Provenience | Washington (U. S. State) | Hood Canal |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Marsh Grass (uncertain) | Pigment |
Technique | Basketry |
Description | Grass (marsh?); coiled; grass stitching and in coil bundle. roundish-oval with flat bottom, curved sides with shoulder and short "neck". Decoration: dying some of weft black and red and creating a series of diamonds (with top point squashed) around sides- in a checkerboard outline. Stitches bifurcated. Dyes are probably native. |
Height | 6.6 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Length | 14.9 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Width | 13.4 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
Other Number | 5/7888 - Collector Number |
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