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31-23-2
From: United States of America | Alaska
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31-23-2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Spruce Root | Grass | maidenhair fern |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Nearly cylindrical. Twined weave with false embroidery. Design, butterfly and "half of the salmon berry." Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, in-between weave (with plain), wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 18 warps and 22 wefts per square inch. Literal butterfly pattern, half of salmon berry pattern. |
| Height | 13.6 cm |
| Width | 22 cm |
| Depth | 19 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from George E. Starr, 1931 |
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