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Spruce Root Basket
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Spruce Root Basket
Spruce Root Basket

Spruce Root Basket

Date1895-1901
Mediumspruce root, dyed spruce root
DimensionsOther: 13.3 × 12.2 cm (5 1/4 × 4 13/16 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-299
Object numberHRC 00299
Descriptionsmall round double warp basket of spruce root with a radial start. base and body junction marked by a row of twill twined root. body has a double warp with rows of alternating z twining and checker weaving. three bands of brown dyed spruce root decorate the body.
spiral weave. 3 bands of black dyed spruce root weave. unusal 3 strand finish done in a s twist.
collected in Masset
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