Rag Carpet Or Rug Item Number: E23429-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "RAG CARPET.---WOVEN BY CLALLAM ... [WOMEN] IN NATIVE FRAME AND WITH NATIVE APPARATUS. CLALLAM INDIANS (SALISHAN STOCK), WASHINGTON. 23,429. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN. THIS SPECIMEN IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE SURVIVAL OF ANCIENT ABORIGINAL STITCH AND TECHNIQUE ON MATERIALS USED BY THE WHITE MAN. THE WORK IS DONE IN "TWINED WEAVING" A PROCESS UNKNOWN AMONG CIVILIZED [sic] PEOPLES."
Item History
- Made in Washington, USA and Alaska, USA ?
- Collected by James G. Swan in Washington, USA and Alaska, USA ?
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Rag Carpet Or Rug
- Identification Number
- E23429-0
- Type of Item
- rug
Who
- Culture
- Clallam
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Washington, USA and Alaska, USA ?
- Collected in
- Washington, USA and Alaska, USA ?
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 005260