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NA7659

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7659
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 15 warps, 21 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom; descenders and ascenders; selvage pattern; tides or wave, tying, squirrel intestines (?) design.

Height 13.5 cm
Width 13 cm
Depth 12 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A/44 - Field No SF

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