Cedar Bark Blanket

National Museum of Natural History

E2930-0

CEDAR BARK BLANKET WITH A SINGLE TWIST RAWHIDE FINISH ALONG TOP, AND TWO DOUBLE CORDS FOR TYING. THIS MAY HAVE ONCE HAVE BEEN AN OTTER FUR TRIM. SINGLE-PAIR (3 WARPS) EDGE, & SINGLE-PAIR TWINE WEFT. MARKS: HAS ORIGINAL PEALE TAG, ANOTHER TAG READS, "U.S. EX EX COLLECTED BY R.P. ROBINSON".FROM CARD: "ILLUS. FIG. 20, P. 16 IN A GUIDE TO WEFT TWINING BY DAVID W. FRASER. PHILADELPHIA: UNIVERSITY OF PENN. PRESS, 1989."Catalogue card identifies this as Shasta, but Peale catalogue entry under # 315 lists 315-318 as "Dresses worn by the women of the Classet tribe of natives, Northwest Coast of America, they are made of bark."


  • Type of Item blanket
  • Culture Shasta, Makah, Classet

  • Field Collector Lt. R. P. Robinson
  • Received from United States Exploring Expedition

  • Made in Oregon Territory, Washington Territory
  • Collected in Oregon Territory, Washington Territory

  • Collection Date between 1838 and 1842
  • Acquisition Date during 1858

  • Accession Number 66A00050