Tumpline Item Number: Z 34975 from the MAA: University of Cambridge
A woven tumpline made from fibre, possibly cedar bark with coloured wools (brown, beige, white and a little pink and blue) woven into the forehead band. The forehead band has long side lines of plaited fibre extending from either end which taper to thinner knotted ends.; Good
Also numbered E1910.28 on old handwritten laid-paper label Carrying loop, British Colombia Dr Glaisher
It is hard to assign a provenance to the tumpline because very similar ones are used all along the coast (G.Crowther). The original European tribal names and, where possible, current tribal names have both been given in separate GLT fields.; The thicker part is worn against the forehead and the side lines are secured around a burden basket or some such container.