Mat
29-175-567
From: Canada | British Columbia
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 29-175-567 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Canada | British Columbia |
Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
Section | American |
Materials | Cedar Bark |
Technique | Basketry |
Description | Checker weave. No twinws center line. Broad strip woven next to edge. Border inside of this consists of edging of 2 black and one plain strips with 7 red wefts at ends and 9 warps on sides, so woven (by skipping 2 to 3 strands in places) that there is a red zizag line on red checker background. Zizag missing in one section on each side. Three equidistant crosswise bands of black checker background with 4 black zizags in each. Edging of one black weft to each side seperated from b band. (29 to 34 and 3 black wefts in bands) Red color apparent on one surface only. |
Length | 149 cm |
Width | 92 cm |
Credit Line | Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917 |
Other Number | 6/9355 - Collector Number |
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