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Object Name	Basket
Culture	Tlingit
Date	c. 1850
Materials/Techniques	Closed twined spruce root basket with a beargrass false embroidery design with fabric handles on the interior, 9 warps/inch, 13 wefts/inch
Dimensions	11” x 15”
Credit Line	Fred Harvey Fine Arts Collection at the Heard Museum
Source	Acquired by the Fred Harvey Company from the Comstock collection.
Catalog Number	14BA
Photographer	Craig Smith
Exhibit Label	This basket shows how much effort weavers put into making very practical tools beautiful. It is still alive, holding the spirit of the weaver. With these old baskets, we have to hold them, touch them, talk to them. We have to let them know we are here (Terrol Dew Johnson, Tohono O’odham, 2001).
Exhibit Title	Hold Everything! Masterworks of Basketry and Pottery from the Heard Museum
Project Name	Masterworks Arts and Artists Series
Rights Management	Copyright Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
Digital Presentation	Image is low resolution and not suitable for reproduction. High resolution image is available with approved Request for Reproductions Application.
Request for Reproductions Application	http://heard.org/pdfs/RequestForReproductionPermission.pdf

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