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Catalog Number |
239/45 |
Object Name |
Burden/gathering basket |
Description |
One gathering container or berry basket. Decorated with solid bands at rim and base and mutiple red diamonds of silk or wool floss over entire basket. Twining, false embroidery; very fine, like cloth. Alaska, Aleut. |
Site Name |
Attu Island, AK, United States |
Site # |
Site 2081 |
Material |
Plant Material/Textile |
Lexicon sub-category |
Basketry |
Place |
United States | AK | Aleutians West | *City* |