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NA7654

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7654
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern | Leather | Plant Fiber
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 9 warps, 14 wefts per square inch. Three-strand side bottom; three-strand bands on bottom; selvage pattern.

Height 22.2 cm
Width 27 cm
Depth 23 cm
Outside Diameter 26 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A/34 - Field No SF

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