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97-85-14

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 97-85-14
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit | Yakutat (Culture)
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry
Description

Truncated conical. Two-ply twining alternating with bands of crossed warp. "Fire-weed" design in false embroidery. Technical notes: twined, open and close twined,cross-warp, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 9 warps and 16 wefts per square inch.

Height 10.5 cm
Width 16.5 cm
Depth 8 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997
Other Number L-85-14 - Old Museum Number | 16143 - ANSP Number | I 1089 - Gottschall Number

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