Bag

29-48-338

From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-48-338
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kwakiutl
Provenience Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Cedar Bark
Description

Woven red cedar bark; additional bag inside fastened at the bottom to the outer bag.

Conical shaped plaited basket with flat base. Varying width of warp and wefts creates a pattern of adjacent squares over surface. Lower 7.4cm of basket of plain plating with warp and wefts approx. .9cm wide. Basket is pressed flat. One side is broken at the fold.

Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1919
Other Number 6/9555 - Collector Number | CR-2 - Museum Education Number

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