Collection | 2001 National Quilt Register Collection by PWHWestern Australian Museum Collection |
Owner | Western Australia Museum |
Location | Perth WA Australia |
Maker | Unknown |
Origin | western-australia |
Pattern | Animal Skins Pieced |
Date | 1900-1939 |
Dimensions (H x W in cm) | 172 x 137 |
History
The skins were collected and tanned by the donor's father in the late 1920s and early 1930s in the Wandering-Pingelly-Popanyinning area of Western Australia where he was a farmer.Description
Possum skin rug made from rows of possum pelts sewn to a woollen blue checked blanket.1720 x 1370 mm