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Object Number:NA7658
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Tlingit
Provenience: Alaska
Culture Area: Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Spruce Root
Grass
Leather
Technique:Basketry
Twined
Height: 24.8 cm
Width: 30 cm
Depth: 27.5 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number:A/43 - Other Number

Description

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 14 warps, 17 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom; old style naselt; unusual design layout.

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