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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 4 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] 1957. Arctic Art.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg 6, #170 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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