Of twined and beaten yellow cedar bark, strip of sea otter fur woven in along one edge.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Northwest Coast, United States
Verbatim coll. place:
; Northwest Coast
Culture or time period:
Northwest Coastal People
Collector:
George Davidson
Collection date:
1911
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Robes (main garments) and Twined weaving
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Traded widely both to north and south. "Clothing. Worn by men as a cape. Worn over both shoulders and tied under the chin, or draped under the right arm and tied on the left shoulder. Worn by women as a wraparound skirt. They regulated its length by
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.6 meters and width 1.18 meters
Comment:
References: P. Drucker, "Indians of Northwest Coast", p. 83 in 1963 paperback ed.