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Spruce Root Basket

Date1898

Mediumspruce root

DimensionsOther: 31.5 × 24 cm (12 3/8 × 9 7/16 in.)

ClassificationsCeremonial Objects

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Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-886

Object numberHRC 00886

Descriptionround basket of spruce root of which the base and over one half the body is done in openwork z twining with twisted warps, the rest done in plain openwork z twining. warps at rim are turned back ont to the left and secured with a single row of z twining. basket has radial start.

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