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97-85-8
From: Alaska | Prince William Sound
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-85-8 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit | Yakutat (Culture) |
| Provenience | Alaska | Prince William Sound |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Truncated conical. Two-ply twining spruce root with "term tail", "half lozenge" and "wave" designs in false embroidery. Technical notes: twined, 9 warps and 16 wefts per square inch. The three bands of design are incomplete; top edge has under a lid weaving. |
| Height | 13.65 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 10.79 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-85-8 - Old Museum Number | 16135 - ANSP Number | I 859 - Gottschall Number |
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