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Woven cedar bark mat
Object Number 65-36-10/44132
Display Title Woven cedar bark mat
Descriptions
Object Description Woven cedar bark mat. The painted mat still carries a Hudson Bay Company label: "General utility mat West Coast Indian Woman Vancouver Island B.C. Red cedar bark. First two figures the totem of the wolf and whale woman. Center the bear holding salmon, next field the Raven totem and whale woman. Right field Hoo-yegh."
Inventory Description Mat, woven cedar bark, dark brown chevron band design, freying
Classification
  • Mat
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nootka?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver Island
Additional Geographic Terms Nootka Sound
Materials Bark
Dimensions Overall: 115.3 x 62 cm (45 3/8 x 24 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65-36-10/44132
Provenance
Collector Mr. Benjamin W. Arnold (1898-1910)
Donor Mrs. Ledyard Cogswell, Jr. (1965)

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