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29-175-681
From: Washington (U. S. State) | Hood Canal
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 29-175-681 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Salish | Twana |
| Provenience | Washington (U. S. State) | Hood Canal |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Marsh Grass (uncertain) | Pigment |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Grass (marsh?); coiled; grass stitching and in coil bundle. roundish-oval with flat bottom, curved sides with shoulder and short "neck". Decoration: dying some of weft black and red and creating a series of diamonds (with top point squashed) around sides- in a checkerboard outline. Stitches bifurcated. Dyes are probably native. |
| Height | 6.6 |
| Length | 14.9 |
| Width | 13.4 |
| Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
| Other Number | 5/7888 - Collector Number |
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