MAT

Object/Artifact

-

St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

MAT

Entry/Object ID

143/4046

Description

OBLONG/GEO DES/BASKETRY

Collection

NATIVE AMERICAN

Made/Created

Date made

1900

Place

Continent

North America

Notes

Research done by Sherril Lewis

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Region

Olympic Peninsula

State/Province

Washington

Culture/Tribe

Hoh Tribe
Native American

Notes

Chala-at, Chemakum ethno-linguistic group (note by Sherril Lewis, entered by SBE 9/18/2024)

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Mat

Nomenclature Class

Floor Coverings

Nomenclature Category

Category 02: Furnishings

Dimensions

Width

7 in

Length

11 in

Parts

Count

1

Materials

Material

PLANT

Material Notes

Foundation - cedar bark trained with strips of pine root or hemp rushes. Grasses dyed by steeping in the roots of plants. (note by Sherril Lewis, entered by SBE 9/18/2024)

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Provenance

Notes

GRACE NICHOLSON; PASADENA, CALIF. HLG LEDGER VOL. II, p. 45B, ITEM #3 INVOICE DATE 4/30/1910