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NA5681

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA5681
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chilkat | Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Bowl shaped basket. Close twined throughout. Plaited weaving at the rim. Repairs made with plant fiber stitching.

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain). 12 warps, 17 rows per square inch. Inverted.

Height 9 cm
Outside Diameter 23.3 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedtion to the Northwest Coast, Louis Shotridge, 1917
Other Number BT9 - Other Number

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