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Spruce Root Basket
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Spruce Root Basket
Spruce Root Basket

Spruce Root Basket

Date1915
Mediumspruce root, dye
DimensionsOther: 24 × 28 cm (9 7/16 × 11 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-1170
Object numberHRC 01170
Descriptionbasket of spruce root, straight sided, circular iin shape. twined weaving on crossed warp except for centre and 4 bands of plain twined weaving on the bottom. two bands darker around basket obtained by using brown weft strands. also two narrow brown bands in the bottom.
collected in Skidegate
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