Robe

NA9477

From: Alaska | Klukwan

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA9477
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tlingit
Provenience Alaska | Klukwan
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Marmot Fur
Description

A large, rectangular robe made from 21 marmot pelts sewn together. Brown, gray, and white fur on one side. One pelt along a corner shows evidence of repair.

Length 134 cm
Width 185.1 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1924

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