Purse Item Number: 2023.O.010:05 from the Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
Description
A medium sized semi-rectangular Cedar Purse with 2 intact handles. The handles and brim sport a matching plaited pattern of dyed red cedar that goes around the entirety of the purse' brim. The body features a nested sunburst pattern on the front and back with red dyed cedar in the middle and black dyed cedar on the outside, with yellow cedar plaiting outside of the sunburst pattern. There's also a red triangle pattern on the side ends.
Provenance
No provenance- Basket collection acquired in the 1930's and passed down the family lineage.
Item History
- Collected by Kathyrn Hepburn on May 25, 2023
What
- Name
- Purse
- Identification Number
- 2023.O.010:05
- Type of Item
- purse
- Material
- cedar wood
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish
- Field Collector
- Kathyrn Hepburn
Where
- Holding Institution
- Sto:lo Research & Resource Management Centre
- Collected in
- “N/A” ?
When
- Collection Date
- on May 25, 2023
Other
- Homeloc
- Sto:lo Material Cultural Repository
- Site
- British Columbia, Canada