Blanket With Totemic Painting Item Number: E316360-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
From card: "Woven of yarn made of dog hair and mountain goat wool; cape shape somewhat as in Chilkat and fringed on lower and two sides; painted with a totemic pattern of bear. Very rare." Described on p. 125, cat. entry 87 of Salish Weaving by Paula Gustafson, Univ. of Washington Press, 1980 as "Fibres: Mountain goat hair. Colour: Natural white; painted with totemic bear. Weave: Twill. Attributed to Cowichan; but may be Bella Coola"Pamela Brown (Heiltsuk), Ian Reid (Heiltsuk) and Clyde Tallio (Nuxalk) of the delegation from Bella Bella, Bella Coola and Rivers Inlet communities of British Columbia made the following comments during the Recovering Voices Community Research Visit May 20th - 24th, 2013. This robe is used for dancing. This ceremonial robe takes about 12 months to weave.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in British Columbia, Canada
- Received from Mrs. Charles C. Hyde on May 28, 1921
What
- Name
- Blanket With Totemic Painting
- Identification Number
- E316360-0
- Type of Item
- blanket
Who
- Culture
- Cowichan ? or Bella Coola (Nuxalk) ?
- Received from
- Mrs. Charles C. Hyde
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- British Columbia, Canada
When
- Acquisition Date
- on May 28, 1921
Other
- Accession Number
- 066584