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Object Number:47-11-3A
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Aleut
Provenience: United States of America
Alaska
Attu Island
Aleutian Islands
Culture Area: Arctic Culture Area
Section:American
Materials:Plant Fiber
Technique:Basketry
Height: 22.5 cm
Outside Diameter:12 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Eli Kirk Price 3rd, 1947

Description

Twined with openwork of parallel warps; silk embroidered with eight-armed crosses and diamonds composed of nine dots: orange, magenta, brown and lavender. Cylindrical. Lid with vertical rim and button knob.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Native American Voices: The People - Here and Now (01 Mar 2014) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Preucel, Robert W., and Wierzbowski, William S., and Williams, Lucy F. 2005. Native American Voices on Identity, Art and Culture: Objects of Everlasting Esteem.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pages 34-35/Plate 4View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Exhibition] 1957. Arctic Art.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg 6, #170View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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