Coast Salish Potlatch Dress Item Number: 3339/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Tunic-style dress made of woven cedar bark, with full-length wool panel down the centre front. Wool woven around cedar bark in horizontal rows throughout dress. Cedar bark and dark brown wool fringe along bottom edge. Dark brown wool fringe down entire left and right sides of dress. Wool panel on front has white background with mirrored chevron pattern. Small teal diamond in middle of pattern with alternating light blue, dark blue, brown and teal V shapes, on either side of diamond, until top and bottom ends of panel. Inner V’s made up of coloured triangles. Outer three V’s are solid teal, light blue and dark blue. Top and bottom edges of panel are dark brown. White wool fringe along top and bottom edges of panel, top fringe hangs inside of dress. Interior lined with dark brown wool.
Narrative
The purchase of this acquisition was made possible by funds from George and Christiane Smyth, Dr. Brenda Focht and the the Ruth Read Bequest.
Item History
- Made by Danielle Morsette (Maker) in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada during 2013
- Owned by Danielle Morsette before January 12, 2019
- Received from Danielle Morsette (Seller), Brenda Focht (Funding source), Christiane Smyth (Funding source), George Smyth (Funding source) and Ruth Read Bequest (Funding source) on January 12, 2019
What
- Name
- Coast Salish Potlatch Dress
- Identification Number
- 3339/1
- Type of Item
- dress
- Material
- wool fibre and cedar bark
- Overall
- height 104.3 cm, width 52.6 cm, depth 2.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish: Sto:lo and Suquamish
- Creator
- Danielle Morsette (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Danielle Morsette
- Received from
- Danielle Morsette (Seller), Brenda Focht (Funding source), Christiane Smyth (Funding source), George Smyth (Funding source) and Ruth Read Bequest (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- during 2013
- Ownership Date
- before January 12, 2019
- Acquisition Date
- on January 12, 2019
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3339/0001