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Chief's BlanketA3515

Large loosely-woven wool blanket with fringe. There are three strips woven across the blanket width, predominantly brown. A large fringe hangs from the bottom edge of the blanket.

Culture
Coast Salish
Material
diatomaceous earth, fibre and mountain goat wool fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chilkat RobeA4454

Chilkat style robe with woven designs and fringe. The design is a three panel distributive. In the centre is an ancestor face surrounded by a diving whale (?) motif. The side panels continue the diving whale motif. The design is yellow, blue and black on natural ground. The two bottom corners have a checkered pattern in black and yellow, associated with the identity of the weaver. There is a long twisted fringe on three sides of mixed wool and cedar bark.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
dye, wolf moss dye ?, wool fibre, cedar bark and mountain goat wool fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chief's Blanket3621/1

Off-white woven goat wool blanket with herringbone twill weave and dark red trade cloth woven in along the top edge. Feathers and cedar bark are included in the weave. Fringe along one side.

Culture
Coast Salish: Songhees ? or Coast Salish: Pauquachin ?
Material
mountain goat wool fibre, wool fibre, cedar bark and feather
Made in
Saanich, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Tumpline1925.335

The catalogue card states, Carrying strap, the band which goes across the forehead of mountain-goat wool dyed and woven with a zig-zag pattern of light wool against darker brown background. The headband has two side lines attached to the cedar bark underweaving which are made from plaited cedar bark and fibre, possibly nettle fibre or cotton.; Good

Culture
Coast Salish ? or Interior Salish ?
Material
mountain goat wool, cedar bark and nettle fibre ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
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