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NA8993A

From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8993A
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Sitka
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 14 warps and 16 wefts per square inch. Rattle-top lid.

Height 8.8 cm
Outside Diameter 16.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Richard Waln Meirs, 1918
Other Number 18 - Field No SF

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