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NA7667

From: Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA7667
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 9 warps, 13 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom; butterfly; selvage pattern; wrap at top of side; wrap 2 row at edge only on bottom.

Height 33 cm
Width 48 cm
Depth 26 cm
Credit Line Purchased from G. T. Emmons, 1918
Other Number A/64 - Emmons Number | B566 (uncertain) - Other Number | CG101088-2406 - Found in Collection Number

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