The Mourning Star Item Number: 2006-13/1 from the The Burke: University of Washington
Automatically Generated From Material
The wool is sheep. The dye is red and black.
Exhibit Label
In the Spirit of the Ancestors-Robes like this are known as nobility blankets because they were worn by high-ranking Salish families who had the wealth to commission them. Sisters Debra and Robyn Sparrow have been leaders of the revival of Musqueam weaving. In the course of weaving this robe, the Musqueam community and the Sparrow family suffered a number of deaths, leading Debra and Robyn to call it a mourning blanket.
Item History
- Made by Debra Sparrow and Robyn Sparrow
- Received from Debra Sparrow
What
Who
- Culture
- Coast Salish: Musqueam
- Creator
- Debra Sparrow and Robyn Sparrow
- Received from
- Debra Sparrow
Where
- Holding Institution
- The Burke: University of Washington
Other
- Credit
- Commissioned from Robyn and Debra Sparrow
- Motif
- Geometric | Star
- Collection
- Burke Museum Ethnology Collection