Mat Creaser Item Number: 1-974 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Exhibit Label
Mat creasers are almost always elaborated by carving, and often take the form of a bird. Ususally they are quite flat, but this one has the hand-comfortable shape of a fat duck. The bulbous body and smoothly sculptured head and tail are reminiscent of some Salish rattles. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)
Item History
- Received from Barbara S. Lane
What
- Name
- Mat Creaser
- Identification Number
- 1-974
- Type of Item
- mat creaser
- Material
- wood and paint
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and painted
- Overall
- length 16.2 cm, height 7.0 cm, width 4.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish: Quwutsun'
- Received from
- Barbara S. Lane
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Motif
- Spoonbill Duck | Geometric
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection