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NA8998

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8998
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chilkat | Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Burden. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain); 8 warps and 14 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom.

Height 45 cm
Outside Diameter 54 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Richard Waln Meirs, 1918
Other Number B-53 - Field No SF

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