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Floor or bed mat woven of rushes and elaeagnus string. Green bands for ornament
Floor or bed mat woven of rushes and elaeagnus string. Green bands for ornament
Object Number 15-36-10/86624
Display Title Floor or bed mat woven of rushes and elaeagnus string. Green bands for ornament
Descriptions
Object Description Floor or bed mat woven of rushes and elaeagnus string. Green bands for ornament
Inventory Description Mat, woven fiber
Classification
  • Mat
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Bark fiber
Dimensions Overall: 75.7 cm (29 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86624
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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