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Apron1891.49.16

Shaman's dance apron made of wool textile and decorated with puffin beaks and quillwork and/or woven plant material. [CAK 06/04/2010]

Culture
Haida
Material
wool textile animal, puffin beak bird, animal hide skin, quill ?, grass fibre plant ?, bark fibre plant ? and plant root ?
Made in
British Columbia Haida Gwaii NW Coast, Canada
Holding Institution
Pitt Rivers Museum
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Chilkat Leggings | Naaxhein1954
Leggings1970

Leggings, called sakhsiksumsa, wraps one side of the leg, were sometimes made of trade cloth with a design in applique. Navy blue woolen blanket material forms the background, which is appliqued in red trade cloth. The figure represented is recorded in George Emmons's collection notes as a sculpin, a spiny fish with a very large mouth, which was a crest of the Ganhada phratry of the Tsimshian. (Holm, Spirit and Ancestor, 1987)

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
trade cloth, leather, puffin bill and thread
Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington
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Fish Hook60/1650
Rattle, Shaman's, Dancing19/834
Apron, Chilkat Blanket Fragment16/348

THE CHILKAT BLANKET. EMMONS, GEORGE T. MEMOIRS, 3, 1907

Culture
Tlingit
Material
cedar bark (warps), mountain goat wool (warps), goat wool (wefts), puffin beak and leather
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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