Materials

wood, small nail (probably recent)

Techniques or Format

single piece of wood carved into a 38 slot heddle framed by intricate cut out design like an animal with central double curve motif above and scroll extensions below; surface ornamented with a hot metal tool giving mottled black and brown pattern; central hole in each slot seperator element

Other Notes

inscription in white ink on bottom of heddle "Frame Weaving Broad Belts/Indians of N...t [probably NWCOAST]

Dimensions: 19.2 × 0 × 20 cm

Condition: head of animal broken off, one slot separator broken off, one scrolled ended terminal broken off

Current Location: National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. USA

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: E003648

Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Collection Narratives and Histories

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

GKS Reference Number: 1068