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Object #     1-11333
Object name     Clam Basket
Culture of Origin     Kwakwaka'wakw
Materials     Split Root
Techniques     Open Twined, Wrapped Twined
Dimensions     L: 16 in, W: 13 in, H: 14.5 in
Exhibit Label    

Openwork baskets of cedar root were made for gathering
clams. Here, rows of twining alternate between S-twist and
Z-twist, giving a pleasing pattern to the surface.This
technique of wrapped-twining (with a stiff inner weft held to
the warps by a flexible weft that wraps around it)
is one of the oldest ones on the Northwest Coast.

Source     Bushell & Co.


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