Bag

29-175-570

From: Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 29-175-570
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Cedar Bark
Technique Basketry
Description

Checker weave. Rectangular base, side warps are base warps and wefts split in half. Bag collapses flat, bottom folding up in middle, lower part of sides fold-ing in so that collapsed outline that of rectangle with lower corners cut off. Next to top an inch with no wefts and every 2 warps twisted together

Height 49 cm
Width 86 cm
Credit Line Exchange with George G. Heye, 1917
Other Number 6/9758 - Collector Number

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