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1921.24.15

Carrying device, tump-line, strap with central woven section and long plaited lines.

1921.24.15

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Collection type
Object
Description
Carrying device, tump-line, strap with central woven section and long plaited lines.
Long description
Carrying device, tump-line, strap with central woven section and long plaited lines. The central forehead band is woven in blue, white and orange yarn in a zigzag pattern. The central forehead strap is made of 14 wrapped bands. The narrow ends are woven in bands of white, orange and brown yarn. The warp from the weaving form the ties of plaited plant fibre. [MJD 03/12/2012]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Louis Colville Gray Clarke
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1921
Date collected
By 1921
Acquisition information
Donated: 06/1921
Materials and processes
Material Plant Fibre, Material Sheep Hair (Wool) Animal, Material Synthetic Yarn, Process Woven, Process Plaited, Process Twisted
Dimensions
Width: max 60 mm, Length 460 mm central panel, Length: max 4170 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1921.24.15
Research and responses

Originally entered as NW Coast Twana Skokomish. [CW 21 5 99]

Search terms: Transport and Travel, Carrying Device

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