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NA7658

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7658
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | Leather
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 14 warps, 17 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom; old style naselt; unusual design layout.

Height 24.8 cm
Width 30 cm
Depth 27.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A/43 - Other Number

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