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Object Number
995-29-10/73220
Display Title
Twined bowl-shaped spruce root basket
Descriptions
Object Description
Twined bowl-shaped spruce root basket with decorations in "false embroidery". Natural brown background with ALASKA written in darker brown. Two branches with four red cherries at back of basket. Tan light encircles basket above and below letters.
Inventory Description
Basket, cylindrical, woven Alaska and biomorphic designs
Classification
- Basket
Department
Ethnographic
Date
Mid 20th Century
Culture
- Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Materials
Spruce root
Dimensions
Overall: 8.8 x 14.4 x 13 cm (3 7/16 x 5 11/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73220
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(1995)
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