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Object Number
65-36-10/44131
Display Title
Woven cedar bark mat
Descriptions
Object Description
Woven cedar bark mat . Geometric designs are woven and the painted designs are curvilinear. Hudson Bay Company label: "General utility mat West Coast Woman Vancouver Island B.C. Red cedar bark. First figure left, The Spirit of the Sea, center above the Raven, below the Halibut, next two figures the Spirit of the Sea, Right whale and Crab."
Inventory Description
Mat, woven cedar bark, folded, highly worn
Classification
- Mat
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Nootka?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
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British Columbia
/
Vancouver Island
Additional Geographic Terms
Nootka Sound
Materials
Bark
Dimensions
Overall: 82.5 x 53.3 cm (32 1/2 x 21 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
65-36-10/44131
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Benjamin W. Arnold
(1898-1910)
Donor
Mrs. Ledyard Cogswell, Jr.
(1965)
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