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Chilkat Tunic | Naaxhein kudas'1-631

Tlingit weavers also used their skills to produce articles of ceremonial dress other than dancing blankets. Among these were aprons, leggings, and a very few rare pouches, cartridge boxes, and shamans' hats. The largest and most spectacular of these ceremonial articles, however, was the tunic, either sleeved or sleeveless. Probably derived from a painted dance tunic, or perhaps an armor shirt, it was modified and conventionalized by the weaving process. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

Culture
Tlingit: Chilkat
Material
mountain goat wool and yellow cedar bark
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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