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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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