Mat Item Number: D3.44 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Brown, oval-shaped birch bark mat with red and yellow quill decoration in the centre. Two bands of sweet grass coils with a single band of zigzagging open work between them--all sewn with black thread--encircle the central birch panel.
Item History
- Made in Manitoba, Canada
- Collected between 1885 and 1911
- Owned by Anna J. Beecher
- Owned by Frederick L. Beecher before 1952
- Received from Frederick L. Beecher (Donor) during 1952
What
- Name
- Mat
- Identification Number
- D3.44
- Type of Item
- mat
- Material
- sweet grass, birch bark, cotton fibre and porcupine quill
- Manufacturing Technique
- coiled, openwork and sewn
- Overall
- height 0.6 cm, width 26.5 cm, depth 18.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Eastern Woodlands ?
- Previous Owner
- Anna J. Beecher and Frederick L. Beecher
- Received from
- Frederick L. Beecher (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Manitoba, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1885 and 1911
- Ownership Date
- before 1952
- Acquisition Date
- during 1952
Other
- Item Classes
- basketry
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2004/0170