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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