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211525
blanket
CD98-24
S97-14949

Artifact NumberVII-F-617
Current Cultural AffiliationsNuu-chah-nulth
All AffiliationsNuu-chah-nulth (culture)
Nootka (culture)
Clayoquot
Northwest Coast (culture)
Category02: furnishings
Sub-categoryB020: bedding
Place of OriginCountry - Canada, Province - British Columbia
MeasurementsLength 145.0 cm, Width 118.0 cm
CaptionMat of woven cedar bark
Additional InformationTrees are the most important resource of the land first among them are the red cedars. With their soft straight-grained wood, these giant trees are excellent for carving. As carvers, the Pacific Coast Indians are unequaled on this continent. From the cedar wood they can produce: canoes and houses large enough for several families, weapons and tools, boxes, chests and other furniture, dishes, bowls, spoons and watertight cooking vessels, masks, rattles, whistles and drums, all of them very high quality. In addition, from cedar bark, women make baskets, hats, mats and ropes, and weave robes and capes. Cedar and spruce roots are also used for baskets. Excerpt from exhibition text: The Children of the Raven, 1975 to 1986.

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