Cattail Tunic | Poncho Item Number: 1-872 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Automatically Generated From Material
The leaf is cattail.
Exhibit Label
BULRUSH RAIN PONCHO Quileute
In this typical Washington Coast poncho, the bulrush fibers swell when wet, forming a rainproof barrier.
Made about 1949
Item History
- Received from Richard Daugherty
What
- Name
- Cattail Tunic | Poncho
- Identification Number
- 1-872
- Type of Item
- cat-tail tunic and poncho
- Material
- leaf and cat-tail grass
- Manufacturing Technique
- twined and openwork
- Overall
- length 24.0 in, width 21.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Quileute
- Received from
- Richard Daugherty
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection