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50-50-17

From: United States of America | Alaska | Angoon Area | Channel Point

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 50-50-17
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Angoon Area | Channel Point
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Fabric
Technique Basketry
Description

Brown color. 2 strips for each warp strand with wide perpendicular strip running all around basket between them. Regular twined wefts alternating with these interior strips. Open top with edge finished in 3 rows of twined weft and turned-over warp ends. Square base in large loose wicker weave with warps and wefts nearly same size. Originally cylindrical, now flattened. Remains of 2 cloth handles arranged evenly around rim. Red, black, and brown weft used in sets of 3.

Height 33 cm
Length 53 cm
Thickness 0.5 cm
Credit Line Survey of Northern Tlingit Country, Frederica de Laguna, 1950

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