Basketry Covered Shell Item Number: 1-3027 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Automatically Generated From Material
The dye is dark purple and light purple.
Item History
- Received from Mrs. Eileen M. Niven
What
- Name
- Basketry Covered Shell
- Identification Number
- 1-3027
- Type of Item
- basketry covered shell
- Material
- abalone shell, bear grass and dye
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined and dyed
Who
- Culture
- Makah
- Received from
- Mrs. Eileen M. Niven
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Gift in memory of Mrs. Gertrude R. Mills
- Motif
- Bands
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection