Cape
Identifier
http://dp.la/api/items/f29219936ca6a4f1496d1c72aaa395ed
Title
Cape
Creator
Victor J. Evans
Date
20 Mar 1931
Description
From card: "Recent adaptation of old designs to modern weaving. Designs conventionalized and colored. See Drucker, "Indians of the NW Coast", p. 84, more likely of Salish (rather than Haida) origin." Described on p. 125, cat. entry 90, of Salish Weaving by Paula Gustafson, Univ. of Washington Press, 1980 as: "Fibres: Warp is vegetable fibre; weft is commercial knitting yarn. Colour: Red, yellow, black, green and white. Weave: Twine. History: Blanket. Provenance and collector not known. May be Bella Coola."
14 Apr 2020
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Subject
Anthropology
Ethnology
Victor J. Evans
Salish(?)
Haida(?)
Bella Coola (Nuxalk)(?)
Source
Smithsonian Institution
Subject
Anthropology
Ethnology
Victor J. Evans
Salish(?)
Haida(?)
Bella Coola (Nuxalk)(?)
Collection
Citation
Victor J. Evans, “Cape,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed April 26, 2024, http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/28539.
Added by Rebecca Keyel
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