Collection place: Northwestern United States / Culture or time period: Alutiiq / Accession number: Acc.101 - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-11, described as Twining in spruce root, wide false embroidery band below rim with zigzags in reddish brown and straw colors; small areas of false embroidery on body; 2 large repaired areas and 2 rawhide loops at rim. According to Molly Lee (1986) this is an extremely rare basket; designs show relationship to Northwest Coast Indians, but also to Aleuts; zigzag ("Terntail") equals Northwest Coast.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-7, described as Twined spruce root with false embroidery designs in red and green wool triangles on body and on band below rim.