Cedar Bark Cape Item Number: 4794 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
CEDAR BARK CAPE Kwakwaka'wakw
Skilled weavers soak yellow cedar bark in salt water and pound it until it is soft enough for capes and robes. This cape, from Alert Bay, British Columbia, originally had a comfortable fur neckline.
1800s; Gift of Young Naturalists' Society; No. 4794
Item History
- Received from Young Naturalists' Society
What
- Name
- Cedar Bark Cape
- Identification Number
- 4794
- Type of Item
- cedar bark cape
- Material
- cedar bark and leather
- Manufacturing Technique
- shredded and open twined
- Overall
- height 16.0 in, width 32.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Received from
- Young Naturalists' Society
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Gift of Young Naturalists Society
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection