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From card: "4/4/1968 This specimen is missing but two specimens, unnumbered, may have been mistaken since they have red borders although the blanket is actually brown. Tentatively they are numbered 89,l98 A & B. - GP. Killer whale motif. 89198b- Illus. : CROSSROADS OF CONTINENTS catalogue; Fig. 431. p.304." Crossroads caption identifies as: "Button Blanket, Haida. Squatting skeletized humanoids ... with wood dorsal fins emerging from their chests, cover the back of this appliqued dogfish button blanket. The dogfish, a clan crest, is recognized by its arched head and downturned, toothed mouth. Humanoid faces mark the joints of the fins, tail, and dorsal fins. A double row of buttons edges the red flannel border that frames three sides of the robe."Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=185 , retrieved 5-17-2012: Button robe or button blanket, Haida.This object appears to be shown upper right in a photograph taken at the Centennial Exposition of 1876 in Philadelphia. Interior view, Department of the Interior exhibits in the United States Government Building, featuring archeological and anthropological artifacts, prepared by Bureau of Indian Affairs and Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 64, Folder 01, Image No. SIA_000095_B64_F01_010. https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_400408 .