Bark Blanket Item Number: E23386-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "23383-6. TRIMMED WITH FUR OF SEA OTTER. 23386 -- [negative number] 77-444." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "BLANKET.--MADE OF BARK, AND TRIMMED WITH FUR OF THE SEA OTTER AND A WOVEN BORDER OF GRAY HAIR. MAKAH INDIANS (WAKASHAN STOCK), NEAH BAY, WASHINGTON, 1876. 23,386. COLLECTED BY JAMES G. SWAN."Catalog card seems to indicate that catalog number 23386 applies to only one blanket. However, 2 are found in the collection with this number (now part numbers E23386-0 and E23386-1). Perhaps one is misnumbered.
Item History
- Made in Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Bark Blanket
- Identification Number
- E23386-0
- Type of Item
- blanket
Who
- Culture
- Makah
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Neah Bay, Washington, USA
- Collected in
- Neah Bay, Washington, USA
When
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 005260