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Basket (folded) with interesting twining and alternating pitch.
Basket (folded) with interesting twining and alternating pitch.
Object Number 14-27-10/85861
Display Title Basket (folded) with interesting twining and alternating pitch.
Descriptions
Object Description Basket (folded) with interesting twining and alternating pitch.
Inventory Description Basket, woven fiber, flat, folded basket, carrying handle
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tsimshian
  • Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms Babine River; Kitsan Branch; Kishgagass
Materials Fiber Split root Leather
Dimensions Overall: 31.5 x 24 x 5 cm (12 3/8 x 9 7/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Lt. George Thornton Emmons (?)
Donor Lt. George Thornton Emmons (1914)

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