Skirt Item Number: A6345 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Skirt made with lengths of raffia interspersed with cedar bark strips. Folded over a rope waist band and secured with a row of twining. A second row of twining runs below the first.
History Of Use
Part of ts!eqa dancer's costume.
Item History
- Made in British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in Village Island, British Columbia, Canada and 'Mimkwamlis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Alice Mountain
- Received from Alice Mountain (Seller)
What
- Name
- Skirt
- Identification Number
- A6345
- Type of Item
- skirt
- Material
- palm leaf, cedar bark and fibre
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined
- Overall
- height 38.1 cm, width 73.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Previous Owner
- Alice Mountain
- Received from
- Alice Mountain (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Village Island, British Columbia, Canada and 'Mimkwamlis, British Columbia, Canada
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- fair