Pattern

NA1279

From: Alaska | Klukwan

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA1279
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chilkat | Tlingit
Provenience Alaska | Klukwan
Culture Area Northwest Coast Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Sea Lion Gut | Cedar Bark | Sinew | Pigment
Description

Pattern case with cedar bark patterns, some of which are painted. Patterns are of different sizes and designs but all are ovoid. Designs are of common motifs that might be painted on surfaces, carved in wood, woven into basketry or a textile, or used in metalwork. The pattern case is made from sea lion stomach and appears dyed or pigmented.

Length 19.5 cm
Width 44.8 cm
Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905

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