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53-54-451

From: United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 53-54-451
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Knight Island | Yakutat Bay | Old Town
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Locus Storage house, subsurface pit #15, above floor of box, depth:39"
Period Old Town II
Section American
Materials Spruce Root (uncertain)
Description

Black, carbonized fragments, glued or vanished, partly. Two-ply, two-twist, probably spruce root. Sand sticking to surface, tangled mass, medium weight.

Outside Diameter 0.3 cm
Credit Line University Museum / Bryn Mawr College Expedition to Alaska; Frederica de Laguna, 1953
Other Number 208 - Field No SF

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