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97-85-16
From: Alaska | Prince William Sound
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-85-16 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit | Hoona |
| Provenience | Alaska | Prince William Sound |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Grass |
| Technique | Basketry |
| Description | Truncated conical. Two-ply twining alternating with bands of crossed warp. "Fire-weed" design in false embroidery; eye hole design. Technical notes: twined, open and close twined, cross-warp, two-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 10 warps and 13 wefts per square inch. Related to 97-85-14. |
| Height | 14.6 cm |
| Width | 21 cm |
| Depth | 12 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-85-16 - Old Museum Number | 16146 - ANSP Number | I 858 - Gottschall Number |
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