Button Blanket Item Number: 1999-23/1 from the The Burke: University of Washington

Exhibit Label

'In the Spirit of the Ancestors'-This robe is a collaborative effort between Haida artists Robert Davidson and Dorothy Grant. It was Dorothy's personal robe, worn by her on many ceremonial occasions in the 1980s and 90s. The dogfish design appliqud in the central panel is a crest of Grant's Yahgu'laanaas Raven clan.

Item History

What

Name
Button Blanket
Identification Number
1999-23/1
Type of Item
button blanket
Material
wool, button, pearl, bead and thread
Manufacturing Technique
appliqued
Overall
length 51.2 in, width 58.7 in

Who

Culture
Haida
Creator
Dorothy Grant and Robert Davidson
Received from
Dorothy Grant

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

Other

Credit
Purchased with funds donated by Lawrence Christian and John A. Putnam
Motif
Formline | Dogfish | Raven
Collection
Burke Museum Ethnology Collection