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NA4308

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA4308
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Dye | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 7 warps and 13 wefts per square inch. Tides or wave pattern; weft dye faded.

Height 27.6 cm
Width 28.5 cm
Depth 24 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase, 1915
Other Number G406 - Gordon Number | Plimpton 163 - Collector Number

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