Salish Sunrise Item Number: 2006-169/1 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Exhibit Label

In the Spirit of the Ancestors-This is one of the few contemporary weavings made of mountain goat wool. The wool was gathered in the Olympic Mountains and colored with evergreen huckleberries, wolf moss, yellow cedar bark, and salal berries. Susan Pavel, was a student (and niece-in-law) of the late Skokomish leader, Subiyay - Bruce Miller, who founded the Northwest Native American Basketweavers Association.

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The dye is yellow, purple, tan, and brown. The fur is wolf. The felt is black.