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Spruce Root Basket
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Spruce Root Basket
Spruce Root Basket

Spruce Root Basket

Date1937
Mediumspruce root, dye
DimensionsOther: 10.3 × 15.5 cm (4 1/16 × 6 1/8 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-1372
Object numberHRC 01372
Descriptionbasket of spruce root in an alternating z twining and checker woven technique broken by a band of cross warp twining in centre of body. rows of pink, green and yellow dyed spruce root are incorporated into the weave.
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