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| Object Number: | 29-175-667 |
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| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Quileute |
| Provenience: | Washington (U. S. State) |
| Culture Area: | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Cedar Bark Grass |
| Technique: | Basketry |
| Height: | 12 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 15.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number: | 5/7802 - Collector Number |
Description
Round; flat bottom; flaring sides; bttom starts with plaiting, then simple twining, and sides are wrapped in twining. All in marsh(?) grass. has two bands of brownish-purple around bottom and top, and two of red in middle. Purple may be native dye probably from berries (white bark raspberry?); red probably aniline. Edge braided and topped with free standing loops, some purple and some light.
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