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NA7673

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7673
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | Maidenhair Fern
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 12 warps, 16 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom; graph design; selvage pattern.

Height 19.8 cm
Width 23 cm
Outside Diameter 21.3 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A/16 - Other Number

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