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97-85-9
From: Alaska | Prince William Sound
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-85-9 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit | Yakutat (Culture) |
| Provenience | Alaska | Prince William Sound |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Grass |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | truncated conical. Two-ply twining of spruce root with "half lozenge", "lozenge", and "crossing" designs in false embroidery on dyed bands. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, in-between weave (with plain), three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 13 warps and 20 wefts per square inch. Inverted bottom; shark teeth on mountain, beaver skin on stretching frame. |
| Height | 14 cm |
| Width | 21.1 cm |
| Depth | 14 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-85-9 - Old Museum Number | 16136 - ANSP Number | I 840 - Gottschall Number |
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