- From The Collection Of
- Horniman Museum and Gardens
- Discipline
- Humanities
- Culture
- Horniman Culture/American Peoples/North American Peoples/Native North American/Northwest Coast Peoples/Haida/
- Date
- January 1 2018 (creation date)
- Materials and Techniques
- cedar wood (material)
- Place
- Canada, North America, Americas (creation)
- Description
- Small bundle of thin yellow cedar bark (cypress) stripped from yellow cedar trees on Haida Gwaii;Small bundle of thin yellow cedar bark (cypress) stripped from yellow cedar trees on Haida Gwaii by Marlene Liddle, Haida Yahgulanaas clan, Raven Moiety. Soake in water for 2-3 hours and will absorb 10x its weight in water for weaving. Stronger and smoother than red cedar. Used in traditional Haida weaving process. Donated by Marlene Liddle.;Small bundle of thin yellow cedar bark (cypress) stripped from yellow cedar trees on Haida Gwaii by Marlene Liddle, Haida Yahgulanaas clan, Raven Moiety. Soak in water for 2-3 hours and will absorb 10x its weight in water for weaving. Stronger and smoother than red cedar. Used in traditional Haida weaving process. Donated by Marlene Liddle.
- See Elsewhere
- MDS record link
- Record Rights
- Horniman Museum and Gardens
- CC BY-SA
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