- 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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