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Object Number
65-36-10/44136
Display Title
Woven cedar bark mat
Descriptions
Object Description
Woven cedar bark mat. The Hudson Bay Company label is still attached. "General utility mat. Native woman of Nootka, B.C. Red cedar bark. Indian painted. Figure center represents the beaver, on the sides the butterfly."
Inventory Description
Mat, woven cedar bark, folded in half
Classification
- Mat
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Nootka
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
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British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms
Vancouver Island
Materials
Bark
Dimensions
Overall: 84 x 83.5 cm (33 1/16 x 32 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
65-36-10/44136
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Benjamin W. Arnold
(1898-1910)
Donor
Mrs. Ledyard Cogswell, Jr.
(1965)
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