Cedar Bark Blanket Item Number: E2930-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
CEDAR BARK BLANKET WITH A SINGLE TWIST RAWHIDE FINISH ALONG TOP, AND TWO DOUBLE CORDS FOR TYING. THIS MAY HAVE ONCE HAVE BEEN AN OTTER FUR TRIM. SINGLE-PAIR (3 WARPS) EDGE, & SINGLE-PAIR TWINE WEFT. MARKS: HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG, ANOTHER TAG READS, "U.S. EX EX COLLECTED BY R.P. ROBINSON".FROM CARD: "ILLUS. FIG. 20, P. 16 IN A GUIDE TO WEFT TWINING BY DAVID W. FRASER. PHILADELPHIA: UNIVERSITY OF PENN. PRESS, 1989."Catalogue card identifies this as Shasta, but Peale catalogue entry under # 315 lists 315-318 as "Dresses worn by the women of the Classet tribe of natives, Northwest Coast of America, they are made of bark."
Item History
- Made in Oregon Territory, USA ? or Washington Territory, USA ?
- Collected by Lt. R. P. Robinson in Oregon Territory, USA ? or Washington Territory, USA ? between 1838 and 1842
- Received from United States Exploring Expedition during 1858
What
- Name
- Cedar Bark Blanket
- Identification Number
- E2930-0
- Type of Item
- blanket
Who
- Culture
- Shasta ?, Makah and Classet ?
- Field Collector
- Lt. R. P. Robinson
- Received from
- United States Exploring Expedition
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Oregon Territory, USA ? or Washington Territory, USA ?
- Collected in
- Oregon Territory, USA ? or Washington Territory, USA ?
When
- Collection Date
- between 1838 and 1842
- Acquisition Date
- during 1858
Other
- Accession Number
- 66A00050