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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