Chilkat Robe
Blanket
31-29-12
From: United States of America | Alaska | Haines (uncertain) | Klukwan (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 31-29-12 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tlingit |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Haines (uncertain) | Klukwan (uncertain) |
| Culture Area | Northwest Coast Culture Area |
| Period | Modern |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Mountain Goat Wool | Cedar Bark | Pigment |
| Description | "Modern" Chilkat blanket or ceremonial robe finger woven with warp made from wool-wrapped cedar bark fibers and wool weft. Pentagonal shape with broad black and yellow bands enclosing a central design on a white ground. Designs are in bold yellow, black, white, and teal colors. The central design of a bear is flanked on either side by killer whales facing inward and, below the killer whale, a type of fish facing outward (Maurer, 1977 p. 314). Fringed at the bottom in the natural wool color with two rows of twined white wool stitches to keep the fringe in place. |
| Length | 35 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Width | 72 Measurement Unit Not Provided |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1931 |
| Other Number | 13-31 - Other Number |
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