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- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; fibre; feathers; skin
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.3001 a,b
- Description
- Two roughly triangular backrests with sticks, bark removed, held together by woven buckskin thongs. Each rest is edged with red fabric and has a thong at the pointed end for tying to a pole. a) This rest has a braided thong at the pointed end of the rest.b) This rest has two feathers attached at…
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- Title
- Teepee Backrest
- Date
- prior to 1970
- Material
- wood; fibre; feathers; skin
- Dimensions
- 45.0 (a); 50.0 (b) x 65.0 (a); 83.0 (b) cm
- Description
- Two roughly triangular backrests with sticks, bark removed, held together by woven buckskin thongs. Each rest is edged with red fabric and has a thong at the pointed end for tying to a pole. a) This rest has a braided thong at the pointed end of the rest.b) This rest has two feathers attached at the pointed end. There are two tags attached to this rest: a white one with “Made by George Kaquitts” on one side and “backrests for a teepee” on the reverse, and a yellow tag with “Silas Abraham Aug. 6 1970” on one side and “Flora Rabbitt” on the reverse.
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 102.04.3001 a,b
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