Mat Item Number: 3646/4 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Round beadwork mat in blue. Rectanulgar centre with rounded corners. Beaded flower with five white petals and centre lined in dark black-blue and light pink. Stem and leaves are white on an off-white background. Bordered by two solid lines of silver, two solild blue lines, a dashed line of two blue then two silver, and then a final solid blue line. Backed with red felt. Extending from the centre is open-work beading - top half in dark blue with light yellow, and bottom half in silver with dark blue.

Narrative

The donor and his wife, Grace Okada, lived in Nahanni Butte from Sept 1990 to 1993.