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Tumpline Strap, Carrying

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Date
prior to 1930
Material
hair, horse; hair, sheep
Catalogue Number
106.06.0006
Description
A narrow black and white flat woven rope becoming all black at one end and all white at the other. There is a half brown and half white wider piece of woven rope at the centre with a slit between the brown and white colours.
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Title
Tumpline Strap, Carrying
Date
prior to 1930
Material
hair, horse; hair, sheep
Dimensions
237.0 cm
Description
A narrow black and white flat woven rope becoming all black at one end and all white at the other. There is a half brown and half white wider piece of woven rope at the centre with a slit between the brown and white colours.
Subject
Indigenous, Salish
crafts
weaving
basketry
transportation
households
Credit
Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
106.06.0006
Images
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