- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0643 a-c
- Description
- Three oval woven mats. (a) the smallest, has birds and scenes of whale eating fishing boat, with red and yellow trimming colours. (b) the middle size, has two each indigo and red birds with green bar design in centre mat and orange, indigo trim at border, yellow and red trims elsewhere around oval.…
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- Title
- Table Mat Set
- Date
- 1940 – 1960
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 16.1 x 22.0 cm
- Description
- Three oval woven mats. (a) the smallest, has birds and scenes of whale eating fishing boat, with red and yellow trimming colours. (b) the middle size, has two each indigo and red birds with green bar design in centre mat and orange, indigo trim at border, yellow and red trims elsewhere around oval. (c) the largest, has exactly same design as (b) except all birds are indigo colour and green bar design in centre mat is trimmed in indigo and red, whereas trim on bar in (b) is indigo and orange. (a) stained from use; (b,c) in good condition.
- Subject
- households
- kitchen
- animal
- bird
- thunderbird
- whale
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 104.20.0643 a-c
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- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0243
- Description
- A basketry hand bag, generally rectilinear, flat woven base and bird cage weave walls. Two strap handles connected to the upper rim of the basket, both rim and handles of heavier root fibre. A wide strip of fibre is woven in near base and near upper rim, darker brown, with yellow border. Major wall…
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- Title
- Tote Bag
- Date
- 1930 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 20.0 x 11.5 x 28.5 cm
- Description
- A basketry hand bag, generally rectilinear, flat woven base and bird cage weave walls. Two strap handles connected to the upper rim of the basket, both rim and handles of heavier root fibre. A wide strip of fibre is woven in near base and near upper rim, darker brown, with yellow border. Major walls of basket depict a killer whale apparently being picked up a large bird thunderbird? The whale in black and the bird of black and purple with orange head, yellow bill, and blue green claws. On the minor panels are two canoes each with two paddlers in each.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- craft
- animal
- killer whale
- thunderbird
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0243
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- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0245
- Description
- A flat based handwoven rectilinear tote bag, decorated with Nootka motifs. The base is a flat woven wide strand tabby of roots, which at the base angle is separated and drawn up into the walls which are woven in a bird cage weave with a light fibre. On one major wall is a whale with mouth open and …
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- Title
- Tote Bag
- Date
- 1935 – 1950
- Material
- fibre
- Dimensions
- 23.0 x 10.5 x 31.5 cm
- Description
- A flat based handwoven rectilinear tote bag, decorated with Nootka motifs. The base is a flat woven wide strand tabby of roots, which at the base angle is separated and drawn up into the walls which are woven in a bird cage weave with a light fibre. On one major wall is a whale with mouth open and tail flukes above water, on the observe is a thunderbird with red feet and claws and yellow striped wings. On the minor ends are canoes, five passenger style of grey and burgundy. The handles on the bag are braided and extend down the interior walls of the bag, through the base, across it and stitched to the base rim.
- Subject
- Indigenous
- craft
- animal
- whale
- thunderbird
- canoe
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0245
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