Blanket With Totemic Designs Item Number: E380920-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "BLANKET WOVEN IN TRADITIONAL STYLE FROM HAIR OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT, WITH TOTEMIC DECORATIVE DESIGNS IN COLOR EFFECTED BY USE OF NATIVE VEGETABLE AND MINERAL DYES, FROM THE CHILKAT INDIANS OF S.E. ALASKA. PURCHASED [in 1940 for the Smithsonian U.S. National Museum] BY MRS. WALCOTT FOR $225 FROM MRS. BELLE G. SIMPSON, NUGGET SHOP, JUNEAU, ALASKA. LOANED TO RENWICK 4/29/1982, RETURNED 6/1983. MATERIALS: MOUNTAIN-GOAT WOOL; CEDAR-BARK FIBER; BLACK, YELLOW AND BLUE-GREEN DYE." SEE CATALOGUE CARD FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
Item History
What
- Name
- Blanket With Totemic Designs
- Identification Number
- E380920-0
- Type of Item
- blanket
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Chilkat
- Field Collector
- Mary M. Walcott
Where
When
- Acquisition Date
- on July 6, 1940
Other
- Accession Number
- 157030