Mat

Museum number:
2-68536
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4222
Description:
Oval, wrap-twine woven mat with dyed designs of 4 people each (dark blue); 2 dark blue ducks with pink neck bands; 4 green ducks with pink neck bands (faded). Designs alternate so each one has a dyed double opposite it. Center and edge of mat have green band (4 rows) with orange rectangles inside band; mat stained from use.
Donor:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection place:
Port Renfrew, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; British Columbia; Vancouver Island; Port Renfrew
Culture or time period:
Nitinat
Collector:
Mary Rosamond Haas
Collection date:
1930-1939
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mats (floor coverings)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 17.8 centimeters and length 21.4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mat, accession number 2-68536, described as Oval, wrap-twine woven mat with dyed designs of 4 people each (dark blue); 2 dark blue ducks with pink neck bands; 4 green ducks with pink neck bands (faded). Designs alternate so each one has a dyed double opposite it. Center and edge of mat have green band (4 rows) with orange rectangles inside band; mat stained from use.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mat, accession number 2-68536, described as Oval, wrap-twine woven mat with dyed designs of 4 people each (dark blue); 2 dark blue ducks with pink neck bands; 4 green ducks with pink neck bands (faded). Designs alternate so each one has a dyed double opposite it. Center and edge of mat have green band (4 rows) with orange rectangles inside band; mat stained from use.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mat, accession number 2-68536, described as Oval, wrap-twine woven mat with dyed designs of 4 people each (dark blue); 2 dark blue ducks with pink neck bands; 4 green ducks with pink neck bands (faded). Designs alternate so each one has a dyed double opposite it. Center and edge of mat have green band (4 rows) with orange rectangles inside band; mat stained from use.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-68536, described as Oval, wrap-twine woven mat with dyed designs of 4 people each (dark blue); 2 dark blue ducks with pink neck bands; 4 green ducks with pink neck bands (faded). Designs alternate so each one has a dyed double opposite it. Center and edge of mat have green band (4 rows) with orange rectangles inside band; mat stained from use.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 2-68536, described as Oval, wrap-twine woven mat with dyed designs of 4 people each (dark blue); 2 dark blue ducks with pink neck bands; 4 green ducks with pink neck bands (faded). Designs alternate so each one has a dyed double opposite it. Center and edge of mat have green band (4 rows) with orange rectangles inside band; mat stained from use.

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