CHILKAT, TLINGIT?, NW COAST- BLANKET OR MAN'S TUNIC; TIED FRINGE AT BOTTOM. MISNUMBERED 229789. This object was incorrectly listed as 89193 in Hall 9 exhibit book, and also listed incorrectly as 229789 on the back of old photo prints neg. #s 14081 and 14083. However, object itself has no visible numbers written on it and there already are different objects numbered 89193 and 229789 in the collections which seem to be correct. Back of this artifact is illus. Fig. 428, p. 195 in The Chilkat Dancing Blanket by Cheryl Samuel, Univ. of Oklahoma Press, 1982. Samuel identifies it as a potlatch tunic. This piece appears to be made from a Chilkat dancing blanket?: the central panel of the blanket may be the front of the tunic?, and Samuel notes that the two side panels of a dancing blanket are seamed together to form decorative panel on the back of this tunic. This piece may be the one referred to in the accession papers for a different tunic, Cat. #229789. In a report on 229789, O.T. Mason writes, as partial justification for acquiring the new piece: "We have a beauty, but the Emmons specimen is made up differently." It is possible that the "beauty" they had already might refer to ET16569, which would imply it was in the collections prior to 1904, when 229789 was accessioned. - F. Pickering 2-24-2005Tunic made from two different Chilkat blankets. The back of the tunic is two sections of the same(?) blanket hand sewn together in the horizontal middle. The shoulders are made of black felt wool with appliqued red wool. They are lined with a thinner woven wool cloth. The front tunic is edged with dark green cotton cloth. The back is edged with a polychrome (red, yellow, blue, black) cloth. Side panels between the front and back are red checked cotton gingham. Tassels on the front tunic are 4 cm long and wrapped with green and orange or green and yellow wool thread around round lengths of wood. The front tunic panel is woven in black, yellow, white, and green. The back is in yellow, black, white and brown. All of the tunic is hand sewn together with cotton thread. No Catalog number was found on the piece.

BARBED (7 BARBS ON ONE SIDE, 5 ON OTHER) WITH GROOVE IN BACK. INCISED CROSS-HATCHING WITH TRACES OF RED PAINT ON FRONT.

Florence Sheakley made the following comments during the Tlingit Recovering Voices Community Research Visit, March 13-March 24, 2017. These spoons are made of yellow cedar. All of these were made by the same carver. The paddles were made first, and then the carvings were added, but it is unclear why there are holes on the spoons. These spoons were used for blending and making soapberries, which fluff up, similar to a meringue. This is in a set of four, E20819-0, E20821-0, E20823-0, E20824-0