Mat used for seating for special guests at feasts and potlatches
date: label: Date created
content: circa 1925
name: label: Culture/People
content: Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
label: Collector
content: George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957
label: Collector
content: William A. Newcombe (William Newcomb), Non-Indian, 1884-1960
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected or purchased from local residents in 1938 by George Heye and William A. Newcombe (1884-1960, a Vancouver, British Columbia, collector).
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place: label: Place
content: Vancouver Island; British Columbia; Canada
label: Archipelago
content: Vancouver Island Group
label: Island Name
content: Vancouver Island
setName: label: See related items
content: Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka)
label: See related items
content: Furnishings (Home)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 19/8918
label: Barcode
content: 198918.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Furnishings (Home)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Mat used for seating for special guests at feasts and potlatches
label: Media/Materials
content: Cedar bark, vegetal dye/dyes
label: Techniques
content: Plaited, twill-plaited
label: Dimensions
content: 167.5 x 95 x 0.25 cm