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Basket of spruce roots
Object Number 99-12-10/53178
Display Title Basket of spruce roots
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cylindrical basket, 2 polychrome bands of geometric design
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1899
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast, North America
Materials Fiber, Spruce root
Dimensions Overall: 26.5 x 29.3 x 23.6 cm (10 7/16 x 11 9/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53178
Credit Line Gift of the Heirs of David Kimball, 1899
Provenance
Provenance Boston Museum
Donor David P. Kimball
Donor Augusta K. Horton
Donor L. Cushing Kimball

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