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Shoulder BlanketE393523-0

FROM CARD: "SHOULDER BLANKET, CHILKAT INDIANS (SUBDIVISION OF TLINGIT.) CONSISTS OF CONVENTIONALIZED WEAVING OF YARNS OF WOOL OF MOUNTAIN SHEEP AND CEDAR BARK; DYED IN COLORS: YELLOW, BLACK AND GREEN, WITH SEPARATOR STRIPES IN NATURAL WHITE. DESIGN PATTERN DIVIDED INTO THREE FIELDS; CENTRAL WITH ANIMAL HEAD, AND TWO LATERAL PANELS (SEE BOAS, "PRIMITIVE ART, PP. 257-262). RECTANGULAR, WITH FLAT V-SHAPE FRINGED BOTTOM. ACQUIRED BY DONOR'S MOTHER IN ALASKA ABOUT 1900."

Culture
Tlingit and Chilkat
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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