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FROM CARD: "SUSPENDED WARP WEAVING FOR COMMERCIAL USE; FRINGED AT BOTTOM. BORDER BANDS IN WHITE, BLACK, AND YELLOW; LARGE CENTRAL PANEL IN BLACK WITH DECORATIVE DETAILS IN YELLOW, LIGHT BLUE, BLACK AND WHITE EACH OUTLINED WITH DOUBLE CORDONNET IN WHITE. WARP OF CEDAR BARK IN TWO-PLY TWIST INTERTWINED WITH WOOL OF MOUNTAIN SHEEP; WEFT TWINING OF WOOL OF MOUNTAIN GOAT (?). BADLY DAMAGED BY INSECTS."This robe is in poor condition, but appears to have a yellow and blue checkerboard "signature" at the bottom left and right corners. Per Clarissa (Hudson) Rizal, Tlingit artist/weaver, 2006, this resembles the signature used by her teacher Chilkat weaver Jennie Thlunaut (1892-1986).Shgen George, weaver, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This blanket has a killer whale design, based on the fins, and there are flickerbird feather designs on the garment as well. Shgen says that it is common to see blue and green at the corners and they are not necessarily a weaver's 'signature.' The heading cord at the top is thin, which is unusual, and this one is broken. The fringe has remnants of blue in it, and is hand spun, but with commercial dye.