Textile

Item number Sf853 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

Piece of medium coarse, painted, cotton cloth. Designs based on oblique lines and hooks are arranged in rows. Some of the major motifs are made up of dotted adjacent squares. All designs are outlined in dark brown and filled in with light brown. The light brown may have been red originally. One weft selvedge is present. Two warp edges are cut. A fourth side is irregularly deteriorated. Z-spun, two plied s yarns.

History Of Use

This may be a fragment of a shroud (Sawyer, fig. 62). The yarn spin and plain weave are standard for the central coast (Rowe). The motifs relate to north coast ones (p.c., Sawyer). The motifs may date to the period of north coast influence on the central coast (c. 1400 C.E.).