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Spruce Root Basket
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Spruce Root Basket
Spruce Root Basket

Spruce Root Basket

Date1919
Mediumspruce root, hemp
DimensionsOther: 34.5 × 39 cm (13 9/16 × 15 3/8 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-1224
Object numberHRC 01224
Descriptionlarge coarse openwork basket with a radial start. parallel warps are held in place by z twined single wefts spaced 1cm apart. the rim is finished with 3 rows of z twining with no space between them. the warps are carried one to the left, seccured by a single row of z twining and cut off on the outisde of the basket. commercial hemp string loop hanlde is worked down opoosite sides of the basket.
collected in Masset
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