Tumpline

Museum number:
2-19035
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020019035
Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Twilled. Made of rushes.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Neah Bay, Clallam County, Western Washington
Verbatim coll. place:
Washington; Clallam; Neah Bay
Culture or time period:
Makah
Collector:
J. S. Lawson
Collection date:
1884
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Tumplines
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Production date:
1884
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
For basket, worn across forehead by women. Old label attached to specimen: "Basket Rope used across the forehead by Indian women in carrying basket burdens on their backs. Neah Bay. J. S. Lawson 1884.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Label of George Davidson, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Tumpline, accession number 2-19035, described as Twilled. Made of rushes.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Tumpline, accession number 2-19035, described as Twilled. Made of rushes.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Tumpline, accession number 2-19035, described as Twilled. Made of rushes.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tumpline, accession number 2-19035, described as Twilled. Made of rushes.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tumpline, accession number 2-19035, described as Twilled. Made of rushes.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tumpline, accession number 2-19035, described as Twilled. Made of rushes.

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