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97-85-11
From: Alaska | Prince William Sound
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 97-85-11 |
| 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 | maidenhair fern |
| Technique | Basketry | Twined |
| Description | Cylindrical. Two-ply twining of spruce root with "fire-weed" and "half-cross" designs on dyed bands; selvage pattern. Technical notes: twined, close twined, two-strand, three-strand, diagonal/twill twining, wrapped weft ("false embroidery"); 12 warps and 15 wefts per square inch. |
| Height | 20.7 cm |
| Width | 32.5 cm |
| Depth | 17 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-85-11 - Old Museum Number | 16139 - ANSP Number | I 1610 - Gottschall Number |
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