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Object Number
42-4-10/24332
Display Title
Basket - plain twine weave and design in wrapped twine weave
Descriptions
Object Description
Basket - plain twine weave and design in wrapped twine weave; brown, light brown and buff elements; twined basket with false embroidery trim - twined work woven in spruce roots, about like cloth. Trim is grass wrapped around basic wefts on outside only as work proceeds. Not done with needle. This basket of later type with much color. ca. 1900. SE Alaska
Inventory Description
Basket, round cylindrical, black, red, brown geometric designs
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1900?
Culture
- Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms
Northwest Coast
Materials
Cedar bark
Dimensions
Overall: 31 x 34 x 23 cm (12 3/16 x 13 3/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
42-4-10/24332
Provenance
Collector
Mrs. Elsie McDougall
(1927-1940)
Donor
Mrs. Elsie McDougall
(01/21/1942-05/06/1942)
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