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NA8989

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8989
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit | Yakutat (Culture)
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern
Technique Basketry | Twined
Iconography Subject Salmon
Description

Carrying. Technical notes: twined, close twined, three-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 20 warps and 24 wefts per square inch. 5 dog salmon jumping.

Height 18.6 cm
Outside Diameter 25.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Richard Waln Meirs, 1918
Other Number 11 - Field No SF

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