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NA7653

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7653
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | maidenhair fern | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 10 warps, 17 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom; cut top; design tide tying.

Height 23 cm
Outside Diameter 26 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A/32 - Other Number

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