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32-2-8

From: United States of America | Alaska

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 32-2-8
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience United States of America | Alaska
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Spruce Root | Grass | Cloth | Stem
Technique Basketry | Twined
Description

Cylindrical. Spruce root. Twined weave with false embroidery. Design, "shaman's hat" and "rainbow." Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 15 warps and 22 wefts per square inch.
Height 12.5 cm
Outside Diameter 12.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Dwight P. Robinson, 1932

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