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Collector:
James G. Swan  Search this
Donor Name:
James G. Swan  Search this
Culture:
Nootka (Nuu-chah-nulth), Kyuquot  Search this
Object Type:
Cape
Place:
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, North America
Accession Date:
26 Jul 1888
Notes:
From card: "Made of cedar bark and nettle fibre." From old 19th or early 20th century exhibit label in card file: "Blanket - Made of cedar bark and nettle fiber, closely woven, and ornamented with a border of soft otter fur. Worn about the shoulders as a cloak. Kyoquaht Indians (Wakashan stock), 1888. Collected by Jas. G. Swan." Formerly on exhibit in NHB exhibit Hall 9, case 29, where exhibit label described it as: "cold weather cloak of twined cedar bark and nettle fiber."
Twined cedar bark and nettle fiber (according to exhibit label). Wool twisted with cedar woven into all borders. Arc-shape to neck area, and bottom rounded. Very soft otter fur tied to neck area.
Listed on page 33 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Western Eskimo".
Record Last Modified:
10 Mar 2023
Specimen Count:
1
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
020957
USNM Number:
E129985-0
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3248760a6-6875-4e34-bab2-2029ce3c3b9c
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8336419