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Spruce Root Basket
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Spruce Root Basket
Spruce Root Basket

Spruce Root Basket

Date1914
Mediumspruce root, dye
DimensionsOther: 36.3 × 36.5 cm (14 5/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-1132
Object numberHRC 01132
Descriptionlarge cylindrical spruce root double warp basket with a radial start. bottom, lower and upper sides are closely z twined, the largger central portion of the sides woven in alternate single rows of z twining and a passive weft. sides decorated with three bands of brown dyed twining. braided rim. two inverted u handles of 2 ply s stwist spruce root are worked into opposite sides of the basket.
collected in Masset
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