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BlanketE383748-0

FROM CARD: "A TYPICAL BLANKET OF THE GROUP WITH THE BASIC COLOR OF DARK BROWN INTO WHICH IS WOVEN THE MYTHOLOGICAL DISSECTED ANIMAL DESIGNS IN LIGHT BLUE-GREEN, AND YELLOW AND NATURAL WHITE. WIDE BORDER OF DARK GREEN; 15" WHITE FRINGE ON BOTTOM. THIS SPECIMEN PURCHASED IN JUNEAU ALASKA BY MRS. CROSS IN 1887 OR 1897."Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=359 , retrieved 3-12-2012: Chilkat robe or blanket, Tlingit.

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