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NA7671

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7671
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Oblong - design half-over; weave, half-cross. Fine, old, natural cover.

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 8 warps, 11 wefts per square inch. Selvage pattern; around cross, butterfly, unusual oval.

Height 12 cm
Length 6 cm
Width 32.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number 5 - Other Number

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