Tumpline Item Number: 1-400 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
A carrying strap, called a tumpline, was tied by its trailing ends to loops near the rim of a basket, with the broad center of the strap passing across the forehead or chest of the carrier. The long, tapered tails of the strap could be adjusted for various loads such as firewood, bundles of mats, or baskets. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)
Automatically Generated From Material
The wool is blue, orange, red, and tan.
Item History
- Received from Estate of Caroline McGilvra Burke
What
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish
- Received from
- Estate of Caroline McGilvra Burke
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs. Thomas Burke
- Motif
- Geometric
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection