Button Blanket Item Number: 2525/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Button blanket in green wool with two pink fabric t-shapes outlined in buttons, flanking a copper with a smiling face made of buttons at the centre of the blanket. Blanket has.a pink cotton border along the sides and the top and buttons sewn around the border with coppers and triangular shapes. There is a white rectangular piece of pink and green paisley and floral print fabric at the top centre of the border.
Iconographic Meaning
The copper shapes on the blanket represent how big their family is, how high her dad was as chief in the potlatches. The 'T' shapes represent part of the copper that has been taken off.
Narrative
The blanket was bequethed to Hazel Moon in 1981 upon her grandmother Molly's death. It was used in potlatches by Molly in Kingcome and Alert Bay.
Item History
- Made by Molly Moon (Maker) in British Columbia, Canada before 1980
- Collected in Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Ukwanalis, British Columbia, Canada
- Owned by Molly Moon before 1980
- Owned by Hazel Moon between 1980 and 1993
- Received from Hazel Moon (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source) during 1993
What
- Name
- Button Blanket
- Identification Number
- 2525/1
- Type of Item
- blanket
- Material
- wool fibre, cotton fibre, plastic and shell
- Overall
- height 177.5 cm, width 152.5 cm
Who
- Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
- Creator
- Molly Moon (Maker)
- Previous Owner
- Molly Moon and Hazel Moon
- Received from
- Hazel Moon (Seller) and Museum of Anthropology Shop Volunteers (Funding source)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- British Columbia, Canada
- Collected in
- Kingcome Inlet, British Columbia, Canada and Ukwanalis, British Columbia, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1980
- Ownership Date
- before 1980 and between 1980 and 1993
- Acquisition Date
- during 1993
Other
- Item Classes
- textiles
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2525/0001