Short Cape Or Robe
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1866
name: label: Donor Name
content: James G. Swan
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "10/24/61 Technical description by Miss Grace Rogers, Curator, Div. of Textiles: Construction: gauze or twined weave. Warps were held to top cross bar of loom by a 2 ply, 6 strands to each ply, all cotton yarn. Warps themselves of 2-ply yarn made up of 6 strands of cotton yarn in one ply and 2 strands of animal hair in the second ply (possibly goat). Approximately one warp per inch but closer at the selvages. Weft: narrow twisted strips of bird skins (possibly duck) with down filling the intervening spaces. Approximately 7 strips to 2" at the wide end, and 9 strips to 2" at the narrow end. Basic color is an irregular light tan, with spots of darker, and one long border is white and there is another white stripe near the other border. Lent to the Burke Museum 2/23/89. Loan returned Oct 10, 1989." Illus. (in color, as #1296A) Pl. 4, p. 47 in "A Time of Gathering: native heritage in Washington State", ed. Robin K. Wright, University of Washington Press, 1991.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Mar 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Neah Bay, Washington, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Makah
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000794
label: USNM Number
content: E1296-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cape