Bag Item Number: Na999 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Embroidered off-white cloth bag, curved along the bottow with a top flap that has a loop and button closure. The short strap is made of black and off-white plaid cloth. The raw edges on the bag are finished with fabric with a multicoloured floral pattern on black. The front has an embroidered design depicting a figure on a sailboat, which is framed by a blue border. The other side has a brown airplane-like shape framed with concentric multicoloured borders.
Narrative
Collected by Grace Adam between 1950 and 1965. Said to have been made by a tuberculosis patient at the Charles Camsell Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta. Label in bag described it as a 'bait bag'.
Item History
- Made in Canada before 1965
- Collected before 1965
- Owned by Norrie Barth before January 16, 1985
- Received from Norrie Barth (Donor) on January 16, 1985
What
- Name
- Bag
- Identification Number
- Na999
- Type of Item
- bag
- Material
- cotton fibre, synthetic fibre ? and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- sewn and braided
- Overall
- height 10.8 cm, width 10.4 cm
Who
- Culture
- Arctic America
- Previous Owner
- Norrie Barth
- Received from
- Norrie Barth (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1965
- Collection Date
- before 1965
- Ownership Date
- before January 16, 1985
- Acquisition Date
- on January 16, 1985
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1020/0006