Shoulder Blanket Item Number: E393523-0 from the National Museum of Natural History
Notes
FROM CARD: "SHOULDER BLANKET, CHILKAT INDIANS (SUBDIVISION OF TLINGIT.) CONSISTS OF CONVENTIONALIZED WEAVING OF YARNS OF WOOL OF MOUNTAIN SHEEP AND CEDAR BARK; DYED IN COLORS: YELLOW, BLACK AND GREEN, WITH SEPARATOR STRIPES IN NATURAL WHITE. DESIGN PATTERN DIVIDED INTO THREE FIELDS; CENTRAL WITH ANIMAL HEAD, AND TWO LATERAL PANELS (SEE BOAS, "PRIMITIVE ART, PP. 257-262). RECTANGULAR, WITH FLAT V-SHAPE FRINGED BOTTOM. ACQUIRED BY DONOR'S MOTHER IN ALASKA ABOUT 1900."
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Collected by Mrs. Caroline E. Bates in Alaska, USA during 1900
- Received from Mrs. Henrietta B. Brooke on March 8, 1956
What
- Name
- Shoulder Blanket
- Identification Number
- E393523-0
- Type of Item
- blanket
Who
- Culture
- Tlingit and Chilkat
- Field Collector
- Mrs. Caroline E. Bates
- Received from
- Mrs. Henrietta B. Brooke
Where
- Holding Institution
- National Museum of Natural History
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
- Collected in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Collection Date
- during 1900
- Acquisition Date
- on March 8, 1956
Other
- Accession Number
- 209938