Shoulder Blanket
Item number E20804-0 from the National Museum of Natural History.
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FROM CARD: "20804-6. WOVEN OF WOOL OF THE MOUNTAIN GOAT AND DOG HAIR [?]. LOAN: MUSEO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGIA, MEXICO 6/18/1964." Loan returned 2012. Illus. Fig. 570a, p. 380, in "The Chilkat Blanket" by George T. Emmons, Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. 3, part 4, 1907.Shgen George, weaver, made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. This blanket is smaller than other similar ones, but is not considered a child's robe. There are two kinds of black dye that were used on the object, and one is disintegrating faster than the other. The design is a diving whale, but the line dividing the panels crosses over one another, which is unusual. This design is always called diving whale unless it has fins or claws.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by James G. Swan in Alaska, USA during 1875
- Received during 1876
What
- Name
- Shoulder Blanket
- Identification Number
- E20804-0
- Type of Item
- blanket
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Chilkat
- Field Collector
- James G. Swan
When
- Collection Date
- during 1875
- Acquisition Date
- during 1876
Other
- Accession Number
- 004730
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