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38-12-4
From: United States of America | Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 38-12-4 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Grass |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Spruce root; twined with false embroidery. Design: blanket border and shaman's hat? Colors: red and yellow [natural?] Technical notes: twined, open twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 9 warps and 15 wefts per square inch. Wave design; shaman hat around the head. |
| Height | 23.2 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 23.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Estate of Winifred Bell, 1938 |
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