Basketry Purse
Item Number:
1995-9/8
from the
The Burke: University of Washington
Item History
Received from
Norma Arnold
What
Name
Basketry Purse
Identification Number
1995-9/8
Type of Item
basketry purse
Material
cedar bark
,
bear grass
and
raffia
Manufacturing Technique
plain twined
,
false embroidered
and
openwork
Overall
length 9.2 in, height 6.5 in, width 4.5 in
Who
Culture
Tsimshian
Received from
Norma Arnold
Where
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
Other
Credit
Gift of the Estate of Eleanor R. Maupin
Motif
Geometric
Collection
Burke Museum Ethnology Collection