Shirt

NA9483

From: Alaska | Klukwan

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA9483
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chilkat | Tlingit
Provenience Alaska | Klukwan
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wool | Glass | Silk
Technique Beaded
Iconography Frog
Description

Beaded dance shirt of red woolen trade cloth depicting a spotted frog emerging from its house. The cuffs and lower hem are made of blue cloth while the shoulders and frontal bib are red cloth, all lined with yellow cloth trim. Cuffs and shoulders both have floral beaded designs. The shoulders and lower hem both have beaded eye decoration. The frontal bib has six beaded V-shapes stacked on top of one another. Beadwork is done in white, dark blue, light blue, yellow, pink, and green.

Length 60.3 cm
Width 93.7 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Northwest Coast; Louis Shotridge, 1923
Other Number 7 - Other Number

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