Whaling Float | Seal Skin Float Item Number: 221B from the The Burke: University of Washington
Automatically Generated From Material
The rope is cedar root?. The paint is red and black.
Item History
- Received from Washington World's Fair Commission
What
- Name
- Whaling Float | Seal Skin Float
- Identification Number
- 221B
- Type of Item
- whaling float and seal skin float
- Material
- seal skin, sinew, rope, cedar root ?, wood and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- painted, carved, wrapped, braided and twisted
- Overall
- length 89.0 cm, height 46.0 cm, width 38.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Makah
- Received from
- Washington World's Fair Commission
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Gift of Washington World's Fair Commission
- Motif
- Geometric
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection