Tunic

NA8473

From: United States of America | Alaska | Sitka

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA8473
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit | Haida
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Sitka
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wool | Silk
Description

Red flannel tunic or coat with a wolf design applique (LSDA). The design features one larger head above a smaller head, both flanked on the sides by a total of three pairs of claws. Yellow trim along the arm holes and lower hem. The collar has a strip of yellow trim and a strip of black trim. The reverse has alternating strips of yellow and blue cloth forming "V" shapes.

Length 106 cm
Width 62 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1918

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