Blanket Item Number: E383748-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "A TYPICAL BLANKET OF THE GROUP WITH THE BASIC COLOR OF DARK BROWN INTO WHICH IS WOVEN THE MYTHOLOGICAL DISSECTED ANIMAL DESIGNS IN LIGHT BLUE-GREEN, AND YELLOW AND NATURAL WHITE. WIDE BORDER OF DARK GREEN; 15" WHITE FRINGE ON BOTTOM. THIS SPECIMEN PURCHASED IN JUNEAU ALASKA BY MRS. CROSS IN 1887 OR 1897."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=359 , retrieved 3-12-2012: Chilkat robe or blanket, Tlingit.
Item History
- Made in Juneau, Alaska, USA
- Collected by Mrs. Whitman Cross in Juneau, Alaska, USA
- Received from Dr. Whitman Cross on September 13, 1945
What
- Name
- Blanket
- Identification Number
- E383748-0
- Type of Item
- blanket
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Chilkat
- Field Collector
- Mrs. Whitman Cross
- Received from
- Dr. Whitman Cross
Where
When
- Collection Date
- “1887 Or 1897” ?
- Acquisition Date
- on September 13, 1945
Other
- Accession Number
- 170706