Button Blanket Item Number: 1994-18/1 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Automatically Generated From Material
The wool is blue, felt, and red. The thread is red and white. The button is mother-of-pearl. The button is abalone.
Item History
- Made by Fran Hunt Alen and Stan Hunt
- Received from John A. Putnam
What
- Name
- Button Blanket
- Identification Number
- 1994-18/1
- Type of Item
- button blanket
- Material
- wool, felt, thread, button, mother of pearl shell and abalone shell
- Manufacturing Technique
- sewn and appliqued
- Overall
- length 62.0 in, width 71.0 in
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw: Kwagu'l
- Creator
- Fran Hunt Alen and Stan Hunt
- Received from
- John A. Putnam
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Motif
- Sun | Sisiutl
- Credit
- Gift of John A. Putnam
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection