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Chilkat Robe87.88.80

Chilkat blankets, created by a complex form of tapestry twining, are the best-known textiles of the Northwest Coast. Emblems of nobility, they are prized for their crest significance, as well as for their beauty and fine workmanship. The labor-intensive process used to create a Chilkat blanket includes procuring and processing the materials, spinning the mountain goat wool wefts and the cedar bark and wood warps, dying the wefts, and weaving the blanket. The highly abstract designs of crest animals on Chilkat blankets fill the entire design space. The center panel of this design represents a diving whale, with the broad head filling the lower half while the spread-out tail flukes occupy the space along the upper border. A rectangular human face appears in the center of the whale's body.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark, cotton yarn and mountain goat wool yarn
Made in
Haines, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
Portland Art Museum
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Wool Ornaments For Twins16/8929 A-F
Apron, Man's16/8122

THE KWAKIUTL OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. BOAS, FRANZ MEMOIRS, 8, 1909

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw: Nimkish
Material
mountain goat yarn
Made in
Nimpkish, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Bracelet, Chieftainess's16/6856 B
Knee Rings, Exentas16/6782 AB
Breast Strap, For Exentas16/6778
Apron16/2325

THE KWAKIUTL OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. BOAS, FRANZ MEMOIRS, 8, 1909

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
mountain goat yarn and cedar bark
Made in
Fort Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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