Plaited Cedar Bark Harpoon Bag

ca. 1900

Whaling gear was stored in uniquely-shaped plaited, checker-weave baskets woven of cedar bark strips. Such baskets were kept in canoes, readily available to hunters should a whale be spotted.

Red cedar bark

28 1/2 x 23 in. (72.39 x 58.42 cm)

Margaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund

91.30

Now on view at the Seattle Art Museum

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